Opogona 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 Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. 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. The larvae feed on dry stems of ''
Polypodium quercifolium ''Polypodium'' is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Polypodioideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is widely distributed throughout the world, with the highest ...
.Fletcher, T. B., Life Histories of Indian Insects Microlepidoptera. Vol.VI(1).
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Hieroxestinae Moths described in 1910 {{Tineidae-stub