Chestnut clearwing moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tischeriidae |
Genus: | Coptotriche |
Species: | †C. perplexa
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Binomial name | |
†Coptotriche perplexa (
Braun, 1972)
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The chestnut clearwing moth (Coptotriche perplexa) was a species of moth in the family Tischeriidae.
It was endemic to the United States. It is characterized by clear wings and a dark and metallic blue abdomen seemingly wrapped in a yellow band of color. [2]
By 1996 it had become extinct due to chestnut blight obliterating its primary food source, the American chestnut. [1]
Chestnut clearwing moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tischeriidae |
Genus: | Coptotriche |
Species: | †C. perplexa
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Binomial name | |
†Coptotriche perplexa (
Braun, 1972)
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Synonyms | |
|
The chestnut clearwing moth (Coptotriche perplexa) was a species of moth in the family Tischeriidae.
It was endemic to the United States. It is characterized by clear wings and a dark and metallic blue abdomen seemingly wrapped in a yellow band of color. [2]
By 1996 it had become extinct due to chestnut blight obliterating its primary food source, the American chestnut. [1]