Homaloxestis cholopis

Homaloxestis cholopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Homaloxestis
Species:	H. cholopis
Binomial name
Homaloxestis cholopis (Meyrick, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
Lecithocera cholopis Meyrick, 1906 Homaloxestis lophophora Janse, 1954 Homaloxestis surrepta Diakonoff, 1968

Homaloxestis cholopis is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in Taiwan, China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan), Myanmar, Nepal, India, Java and south-western Africa.^[2]

The wingspan is 14.5–17 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous and the hindwings are whitish-grey, greyer posteriorly.^[3]

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