Chocophorus solisi

Chocophorus solisi
Chocophorus solisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Chocophorus
Species: C. solisi
Binomial name
Chocophorus solisi
Gielis & Matthews-Lott, 1994

Chocophorus solisi is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in El Salvador.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The head is scaled and the face is pale grey-brown. The antennae are dark brown with some pale brown scales. The thorax is dark brown with a double central and a lateral white longitudinal line. The forewings are pale to dark chocolate brown, interrupted by ferruginous parts. The hindwings are ferruginous-brown.[1]

Adults have been recorded in August.

Etymology

The species is named after Mrs. Alma Solis of the USNM, Department of Entomology.

References

  1. ^ Neotropical Pterophoridae 9: Chocophorus, a new neotropical genus (Lepidoptera)
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