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Charistica ioploca

Synonyms: Zalithia ioploca

Wikipedia Abstract

Charistica ioploca is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas). The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are violet-grey, on the costal half anteriorly suffused sky-blue and with the extreme costal edge whitish. There are subcostal, median, and plical orange lines from the base to near the middle, and a line from the base of the median to the apex of the subcostal. These are terminated by an angulated dark grey bar in the middle of the disc, edged with orange and pale ochreous suffusion. The posterior area from near beyond this is light ochreous suffused orange in the disc, towards the dorsum anteriorly forming streaks on the veins and tinged crimson, including a dark ferruginous dot on the end of the cell, two short oblique
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0