Dasmophora
Display parents2
Parent authorityMeyrick, 1919
TaxonDasmophora xerospila
AuthorityMeyrick, 1919

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

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
  2. ^ Exotic microlepidoptera, v. 1-5, Mar. 1912-Nov. 1937