- Chocophorus venedictoffi
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Chocophorus venedictoffi Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Pterophoridae Genus: Chocophorus Species: C. venedictoffi Binomial name Chocophorus venedictoffi
Gielis & D.L. Matthews, 1994Chocophorus venedictoffi is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Ecuador.
The wingspan is 18-20 mm. The head is scaled, mixed grey-white and dark brown and the face is dark brown, but slightly paler between the antennae. These are grey-brown. The thorax is dark brown with faint white-brown longitudinal lines. The forewings are dark chocolate brown with ferruginous-white faint lines at the base of the wing. The hindwings are dark brown.[1]
Adults have been recorded in March.
Etymology
The species is named after Mr. Nadian Venedictoff, who collected the species.
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