Pexicopia euryanthes

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Pexicopia euryanthes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Pexicopia
Species:
P. euryanthes
Binomial name
Pexicopia euryanthes
(Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia euryanthesMeyrick, 1922

Pexicopia euryanthes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is only found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia. [1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark purplish bronzy fuscous. The markings are whitish ochreous. There are two transversely placed confluent spots in the disc near the base and a broad rather irregular transverse fasciae at one-third and beyond the middle, the posterior edge of the second indented by a dark spot representing the second discal stigma. A triangular spot is found on the costa at four-fifths, and cloudy dot on the termen opposite. The hindwings are grey, darker towards the apex. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Pexicopia euryanthes (Meyrick, 1922)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. Arkiv För Zoologi. 14 (15): 3. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .