| Dasmophora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Dasmophora Meyrick, 1919 |
| Species: | D. xerospila
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasmophora xerospila Meyrick, 1919
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Dasmophora is a moth genus, belonging to the family Tineidae.1 It contains only one species, Dasmophora xerospila, which is found in French Guiana.
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are elongate and pale greyish-ochreous irregularly sprinkled with fuscous and dark fuscous and dark fuscous spots on the costa at the base. The hindwings are grey, but lighter anteriorly.2
References
References
- Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
- Exotic microlepidoptera, v. 1-5, Mar. 1912-Nov. 1937 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.