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Procharista sardonias

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Procharista sardonias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Procharista
Species:
P. sardonias
Binomial name
Procharista sardonias
Meyrick, 1922

Procharista sardonias is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found on Java in Indonesia.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are fuscous, all veins marked by cloudy whitish lines and with a dark blue line just below the costa on the basal fifth. The hindwings towards the base and in the disc thinly clothed with grey hairscales, elsewhere flat-scaled, light grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (November 16, 2015). "Procharista sardonias Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E. (1922). "New Micro-Lepidoptera". Zoologische Mededeelingen. 7: 80–89. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.