Phaeoses chalinota
Species of moth
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Phaeoses chalinota is a moth of the family Tineidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found in the India and Sri Lanka.
| Phaeoses chalinota | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Phaeoses |
| Species: | P. chalinota |
| Binomial name | |
| Phaeoses chalinota (Meyrick, 1910) | |
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The wingspan is 7–10 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous bronze with a white line crossing the wing and a whitish-ochreous apical spot. The hindwings are dark grey.[1]
The larvae feed on dry stems of Polypodium quercifolium.[2]
