''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 ...
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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.
Fletcher, T. B., Life Histories of Indian Insects Microlepidoptera. Vol.VI(1).
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References
Hieroxestinae
Moths described in 1910
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