Phaeoses chalinota

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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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Phaeoses
Species:
P. chalinota
Binomial name
Phaeoses chalinota
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Opogona chalinota Meyrick, 1910

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]

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