Pacificulla zonias

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Pacificulla zonias
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Pacificulla
Species:
P. zonias
Binomial name
Pacificulla zonias
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Crocanthes zoniasMeyrick, 1904

Pacificulla zonias is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. [1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark purple-fuscous with a moderately broad straight ochreous-yellow fascia about the middle, slightly narrowed downwards. The hindwings are dark grey with a rather broad irregular pale ochreous-yellow transverse fascia rather before the middle, enclosing a dark grey discal dot. [2]

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References

  1. "Pacificulla". nic.funet.fi. Archived from the original on 2015-09-20.[ dead link ]
  2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales for the Year 1904. The Linnean Society. 1904. p. 403.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .