Haploscythris chloraema

Haploscythris chloraema is a moth in the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1887. It is found in Botswana, Madagascar, Namibia and South Africa.^[1]

Haploscythris chloraema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Scythrididae
Genus:	Haploscythris
Species:	H. chloraema
Binomial name
Haploscythris chloraema (Meyrick, 1887)
Synonyms
Butalis chloraema Meyrick, 1887 Scythris obstans Meyrick, 1928 Ephysteris obstans Haploscythris paulianella Viette, 1956

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are pale grey, irrorated (sprinkled) with grey. The plical and first discal stigmata are well marked, blackish, the plical obliquely anterior, the second discal only indicated by two or three blackish scales. The hindwings are grey.^[2]