Chestnut clearwing moth

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
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tischeriidae
Genus:	Coptotriche
Species:	†C. perplexa
Binomial name
†Coptotriche perplexa (Braun, 1972)
Synonyms
Tischeria perplexa Braun, 1972