Pyncostola actias
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Pyncostola |
Species: | P. actias
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Binomial name | |
Pyncostola actias (Meyrick, 1904)
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Pyncostola actias is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.[1]
The wingspan is 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in). The forewings are light shining golden ochreous with a broad white costal streak from the base to the apex, the lower edge posteriorly suffused and more or less mixed with dark fuscous. There is a white dorsal suffused streak from the base to the tornus and sometimes some indistinct whitish streaks and dark fuscous scales towards the termen. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (16 June 2014). "Pyncostola actias (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 272. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.