Protolychnis chlorotoma
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Protolychnis |
| Species: | P. chlorotoma
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| Protolychnis chlorotoma (Meyrick, 1914)
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Protolychnis chlorotoma is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Malawi.[1][2][3]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark purple-fuscous with a direct transverse whitish-ochreous streak just before the middle, slightly angulated inwards towards the costa. There is a fine series of scattered whitish-ochreous scales from a dot on the costa at four-fifths to the dorsum before the tornus, angulated outwards in the middle. The hindwings are dark grey, lighter in the disc anteriorly.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Protolychnis chlorotoma (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Protolychnis chlorotoma (Meyrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Protolychnis chlorotoma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (July 1914). Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. I. Taylor and Francis. p. 220 – via Internet Archive.
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