Sclerophantis

Sclerophantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Sclerophantis
Meyrick, 1935
Species: S. cyanocorys
Binomial name
Sclerophantis cyanocorys
Meyrick, 1935

Sclerophantis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Sclerophantis cyanocorys, which is found in Indonesia (Java).[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark grey irrorated pale grey. The stigmata are obscurely indicated by blackish-grey suffusion, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is a costal streak of blackish-grey suffusion from before the middle gradually expanding to the origin of the cilia, where it ends abruptly. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

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