Melanoptilia chalcogastra

Melanoptilia chalcogastra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Melanoptilia
Species:	M. chalcogastra
Binomial name
Melanoptilia chalcogastra (Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
Platyptilia chalcogastra Meyrick, 1921

Melanoptilia chalcogastra is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from British Guyana and Costa Rica.

The wingspan is 12-13 mm. Adults are on wing in March and July.

External links

• Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)

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