Pexicopia dictyomorpha

Pexicopia dictyomorpha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Pexicopia
Species:	P. dictyomorpha
Binomial name
	Pexicopia dictyomorpha; (Lower, 1900)
Synonyms
	Gelechia dictyomorphaLower, 1900; Gelechia plinthodesLower, 1920;

Last updated November 21, 2023

Pexicopia dictyomorpha is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1900. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.^[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm (0.63 in). The forewings are pale ochreous, sprinkled with brownish ochreous and dark fuscous. The costal edge is suffused with rosy and strigulated (lined) with dark fuscous and there is a transverse mark of blackish irroration (sprinkles) from the costa near the base, reaching half across the wing. The stigmata are formed by dark fuscous irroration, the plical obliquely before the first discal, these two approximated and surrounded by a cloud of fuscous irroration. There are traces of a pale angulated transverse shade at three-fourths, enclosed by darker irroration. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

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References

↑ Savela, Markku (8 February 2019). "Pexicopia dictyomorpha (Lower, 1900)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
↑ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 311. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.20163 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Savela, Markku (8 February 2019). "Pexicopia dictyomorpha (Lower, 1900)". 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]): 311. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.20163 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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