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Chestnut clearwing moth

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Chestnut clearwing moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tischeriidae
Genus: Coptotriche
Species:
C. perplexa
Binomial name
Coptotriche perplexa
(Braun, 1972)
Synonyms
  • Tischeria perplexa Braun, 1972

The chestnut clearwing moth (Coptotriche perplexa) was a species of moth in the family Tischeriidae. It was endemic to the United States. It is characterized by clear wings and a dark and metallic blue abdomen seemingly wrapped in a yellow band of color.[2] By 1996 it had become extinct due to chestnut blight obliterating its primary food source, the American chestnut.[1]

Sources

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  1. ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). "Tischeria perplexa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21920A9340802. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21920A9340802.en. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Lepidoptera Odonata Web Atlas: Detail". www.vararespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-01-30.