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Genus of moths

Dasmophora
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 is a moth genus, belonging to the family Tineidae. 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.

References

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
  2. Exotic microlepidoptera, v. 1-5, Mar. 1912-Nov. 1937 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Dasmophora xerospila


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