Pexicopia desmanthes

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Pexicopia desmanthes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Pexicopia
Species:
P. desmanthes
Binomial name
Pexicopia desmanthes
(Lower, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia desmanthesLower, 1898

Pexicopia desmanthes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1898. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales. [1]

The wingspan is 9–13 mm (0.35–0.51 in). The forewings are whitish-ochreous rosy tinged and with four moderate dark bronzy-fuscous fasciae, the first basal, the second before the middle, the third beyond the middle, the fourth apical, connected in the middle with the third by a more or less defined bar. The hindwings are grey. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (8 February 2019). "Pexicopia desmanthes (Lower, 1898)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 309. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.20163 via Internet Archive.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .