Pavolechia
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Subfamily: | Gelechiinae |
Genus: | Pavolechia Busck, 1914 |
Species: | P. argentea
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Binomial name | |
Pavolechia argentea Busck, 1914
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Pavolechia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Pavolechia argentea, which is found in Panama and Guyana.[1]
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are dark blackish brown with a bright, bluish metallic sheen and with a round, silvery white dot on the cell and an oblong, silvery white dash at the end of the cell. The hindwings are blackish brown with a large silvery white spot on the middle of costa and a somewhat smaller similar spot just below it on the dorsal edge.[2]
References
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- ^ Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 47 (2043) : 21
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