Dasmophora

Dasmomorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Dasmophora Meyrick, 1919
Species:	D. xerospila
Binomial name
Dasmophora xerospila Meyrick, 1919

Dasmophora are a genus of insect, belonging to the family Tineidae.^[1] It contains only one species, Dasmophora xerospila, which is found in French Guiana.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are elongate and pale greyish-ochreous irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous and dark fuscous spots on the costa at the base. The hindwings are grey, but lighter anteriorly.^[2]

References

1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
2. ^ Exotic microlepidoptera, v. 1-5, Mar. 1912-Nov. 1937

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