Parathectis farinata
Parathectis farinata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Parathectis |
| Species: | P. farinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Parathectis farinata (Meyrick, 1913) | |
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The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are pale whitish-ochreous, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous and with a patch of dark fuscous suffusion on the basal portion of the costa. The stigmata are suffused, dark fuscous, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous.[3]
References
- funet.fi
- Afro Moths
- Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 285 Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
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