Habrophylax

Habrophylax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Habrophylax; Meyrick, 1931
Species:	H. chalcochtha
Binomial name
	Habrophylax chalcochtha; Meyrick, 1931

Habrophylax is a monotypic moth genus in the family Depressariidae. Its only species, Habrophylax chalcochtha, is found in Brazil. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1931.^[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy brown, posteriorly irregularly speckled with whitish and with a broad light brassy-yellow pointed costal stripe almost from the base to near the apex, its costal edge dark brown, the lower edge suffused. There is a suffused pale brassy-yellowish dorsal stripe from a light crimson spot at the base to near the tornus. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 5, 2015). "Habrophylax Meyrick, 1931". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (5): 123.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 5, 2015). "Habrophylax Meyrick, 1931". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (5): 123.

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