Pexicopia desmanthes
Pexicopia desmanthes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Pexicopia |
Species: | P. desmanthes |
Binomial name | |
Pexicopia desmanthes (Lower, 1898) | |
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Pexicopia desmanthes is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Lower in 1898. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.[1]
The wingspan is 9-13 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous rosy-tinged and with four moderate dark bronzy-fuscous fasciae, the first basal, the second before the middle, the third beyond the middle, the fourth apical, connected in the middle with the third by a more or less defined bar. The hindwings are grey.[2]
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