Chocophorus carabayus
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Chocophorus carabayus is a moth
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Argentina
, Ecuador
and Peru
.
The wingspan
is 15-19 mm. The head is scaled in grey-white mixed pale ferruginous scales. The face is grey-brown. The antennae are grey-brown. The thorax and tegulae are pale ferruginous-white with pale ferruginous longitudinal lines. The forewings are dark chocolate grey-brown with white lines converging into a
single spot and a transverse band at one third of the wing. The fringes are grey-brown, but white at the region of the anal angle of both lobes, at the costa of the first lobe and the opposite dorsum and costa of the second lobe. The hindwings are dark ferruginous-brown, slightly mixed ochreous-brown in the first lobe basal half. The fringes are grey-brown with some white dashes.
Adults have been recorded in January, March, July and September.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
and Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 15-19 mm. The head is scaled in grey-white mixed pale ferruginous scales. The face is grey-brown. The antennae are grey-brown. The thorax and tegulae are pale ferruginous-white with pale ferruginous longitudinal lines. The forewings are dark chocolate grey-brown with white lines converging into a
single spot and a transverse band at one third of the wing. The fringes are grey-brown, but white at the region of the anal angle of both lobes, at the costa of the first lobe and the opposite dorsum and costa of the second lobe. The hindwings are dark ferruginous-brown, slightly mixed ochreous-brown in the first lobe basal half. The fringes are grey-brown with some white dashes.
Adults have been recorded in January, March, July and September.