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Protolychnis chlorotoma

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Protolychnis chlorotoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Protolychnis
Species:
P. chlorotoma
Binomial name
Protolychnis chlorotoma
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Onebala chlorotoma Meyrick, 1914

Protolychnis chlorotoma is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Malawi.[1][2][3]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark purple-fuscous with a direct transverse whitish-ochreous streak just before the middle, slightly angulated inwards towards the costa. There is a fine series of scattered whitish-ochreous scales from a dot on the costa at four-fifths to the dorsum before the tornus, angulated outwards in the middle. The hindwings are dark grey, lighter in the disc anteriorly.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Protolychnis chlorotoma (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Protolychnis chlorotoma (Meyrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  3. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Protolychnis chlorotoma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  4. ^ Meyrick, Edward (July 1914). Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. I. Taylor and Francis. p. 220 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.