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Chestnut clearwing moth
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific 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. By 1996 it had become extinct due to chestnut blight obliterating its primary food source, the American chestnut.

Sources

1. ^ 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.

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• Tischeriidae
• Extinct moths
• Endemic insects of the United States
• Moths described in 1972
• Extinct insects since 1500
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