Misplaced Pages

Pycnodytis erebaula

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of moth

Pycnodytis erebaula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Pycnodytis
Species: P. erebaula
Binomial name
Pycnodytis erebaula
Meyrick, 1918

Pycnodytis erebaula is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, in one specimen with the dorsal half suffused with brownish. The stigmata are black, the plical obliquely before the first discal, indistinct or obsolete. The hindwings are light grey.

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Pycnodytis erebaula Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Pycnodytis erebaula Meyrick, 1918". Afromoths. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 15 – via Sabinet. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Pycnodytis erebaula


This article on a moth of the subfamily Anomologinae is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: