Parapsectris lacunosa

Parapsectris lacunosa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Namibia and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng).[1][2]

Parapsectris lacunosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Parapsectris
Species:
P. lacunosa
Binomial name
Parapsectris lacunosa
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Epithectis lacunosa Meyrick, 1918
  • Athrips lacunosa

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are reddish-ochreous or ferruginous with the markings grey irrorated with black. There is a narrow fascia from the base of the costa to the dorsum before the middle and a narrow oblique fascia from the costa at one-fourth, below the middle running into a narrow fascia which runs from a flattened-triangular blotch on the middle of the costa to the dorsum beyond the middle and coalesces there with the first fascia. There is also a patch of irregular marbling towards the costa posteriorly, connected by a very irregular blotch with the dorsum before the tornus, edged posteriorly by a white mark near the dorsum. The hindwings are slaty-grey.[3]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Ann. Transv. Mus. 6 (2) : 16 Archived 2015-06-19 at the Wayback Machine


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