Atasthalistis pyrocosma

Atasthalistis pyrocosma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886.[1] It is found on New Guinea[2] and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[3]

Atasthalistis pyrocosma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Atasthalistis
Species:	A. pyrocosma
Binomial name
Atasthalistis pyrocosma Meyrick, 1886
Synonyms
Dichomeris pyrocosma

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are black, slightly purplish tinged with a rather narrow pale whitish-yellow streak close beneath the costa from the base to four-fifths, leaving the costal edge black, attenuated at the apex. There is a minute yellow-whitish costal dot near beyond the apex of this and a deep orange hindmarginal fascia from the apex to the anal angle, moderate on the costa, gradually attenuated to a point beneath. There is also an interrupted black hindmarginal line. The hindwings are bright orange with a large blackish apical patch, bounded by a slightly curved line from three-fifths of the costa to the middle of the hindmargin.[4]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Atasthalistis pyrocosma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
2. Savela, Markku (May 12, 2014). "Atasthalistis pyrocosma Meyrick, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
3. "Taxonomy Browser: Atasthalistis pyrocosma". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved August 17, 2020.
4. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1886 (3): 280.