Carodista melicrata

Carodista melicrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Carodista
Species: C. melicrata
Binomial name
Carodista melicrata
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Homaloxestis melicrata Meyrick, 1910

Carodista melicrata is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found in India (Assam).[1]

The wingspan is 14-15 mm. The forewings are deep ochreous-yellow with light brownish markings irrorated with dark fuscous. There is a spot on the base of the costa, and the costal edge is more or less suffused with dark fuscous irroration from this to three-fourths. There is an undefined cloudy fascia from one-third of the costa to the middle of the dorsum and a cloudy spot representing the second discal stigma. A triangular patch is found on the costa at two-thirds, where an irregular fascia runs to the tornus and there is an undefined patch on the upper two-thirds of the termen, edged by a dark fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous tinged with grey.[2]

References

  1. "Carodista". nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  2. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (2): 442


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