Chocophorus leptochorda
| Chocophorus leptochorda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Chocophorus |
| Species: | C. leptochorda |
| Binomial name | |
| Chocophorus leptochorda (Meyrick, 1913) | |
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Chocophorus leptochorda is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Ecuador and Venezuela.
The wingspan is 12–25 mm. The head is scaled with mixed grey-white and dark brown scales. The antennae are grey-brown. The thorax is olive brown and grey-white mixed, with a double whitish line at the dorsum and laterally a single longitudinal line. The forewings are dark brown with white lines and a white transverse band. The fringes are blocked brown and white. The underside of the forewing is chocolate-brown turning pale in both lobes toward the apex. The hindwings and fringes are brown-grey. The underside of the hindwings is dark brown, but paler toward apex of all lobes.[1] Adults have been recorded in February and May.[2]