Pachnistis phaeoptila
| Pachnistis phaeoptila | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Pachnistis |
| Species: | P. phaeoptila |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachnistis phaeoptila Bradley, 1961 | |
Pachnistis phaeoptila is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Bradley in 1961. It is found in Indonesia (Java).[1]
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are warm buff, moderately sprinkled with mummy brown and with a strong dark mummy brown marking at the base of the costa, a similar small dash slightly outwardly-oblique of this. There is a bold mummy brown spot in the disc before the middle at about two-fifths, a similar spot slightly obliquely before it in the plical fold, and a third larger spot at the end of the cell. There is also a series of small mummy brown interneural dots along the terminal margin continuing around the apex and along the costa to about three-fifths, the last two or three spots being slightly larger and more widely spaced. There is also a very weak pre-tornal marking and a small mummy brown dash near the base of the inner margin. The hindwings are greyish light buff.[2]