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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Sources
edit- ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). "Tischeria perplexa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21920A9340802. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21920A9340802.en. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Lepidoptera Odonata Web Atlas: Detail". www.vararespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-01-30.