''Trycherodes chilibrella'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family Depressariidae. It was described by

August Busck Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1944) was a Danish-American entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology. He is best known for his work with microlepidoptera, of which he described over ...

in 1914. It is found in

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. The

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is about 20 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, slightly and irregularly overlaid with single, dark-brown scales and with the costal edge and the veins somewhat deeper ochreous. The brown scales form two faint and ill-defined, outwardly curved lines across the wing, one submarginal and one parallel therewith on the middle of the veins. There is also an irregular aggregation of dark scales on the middle of the cell, tending downward to the dorsal edge. On the middle of the costa is a small group of dark-brown scales and at the end of the cell is a similar dark-brown spot. The hindwings are ochreous white, brownish below the costal excavation, with a faint brown submarginal shade and a thin brown line at the base of the cilia.''Proceedings of the United States National Museum'' 47 (2043): 31

References

Moths described in 1914 Depressariinae {{Depressariinae-stub