Chaeopsestis

Chaeopsestis is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Drepaninae first described by Ferdinand Le Cerf in 1941.^[1] Its single species, Chaeopsestis ludovicae, was described in the same paper.^[2] It is found in Vietnam, Thailand and the Chinese provinces of Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong and Hainan.^[3]

Chaeopsestis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Subfamily:	Thyatirinae
Genus:	Chaeopsestis Le Cerf, 1941
Species:	C. ludovicae
Binomial name
Chaeopsestis ludovicae Le Cerf, 1941

Adults are on wing from October to November. Adults drink the tears of several animals including humans (lachryphagy). The moth attaches itself to the eyelid. It has also been recorded drinking sweat and fluids from the nose.^[4]