Parapsectris carinata

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Parapsectris carinata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Parapsectris
Species:
P. carinata
Binomial name
Parapsectris carinata
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Epithectis carinataMeyrick, 1911
  • Athrips carinata
  • Epithectis emeritaMeyrick, 1921

Parapsectris carinata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in the South African provinces of Limpopo and Gauteng. [1] [2]

Characteristics

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are whitish, densely irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous. The stigmata are black, the first discal rather elongate, well marked, the plical rather before the first discal, forming the extremity of a blackish streak along the fold from the base, the second discal represented by two or three scales. There are some undefined blackish dots on the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey. [3]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 15, 2014). "Parapsectris carinata (Meyrick, 1911)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Parapsectris carinata (Meyrick, 1911)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (April 1911). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (1): 64–65 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .