Pexicopia euryanthes

Pexicopia euryanthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Pexicopia
Species:	P. euryanthes
Binomial name
	Pexicopia euryanthes; (Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
	Gelechia euryanthes Meyrick, 1922;

Pexicopia euryanthes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1922. It is only found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-bronzy-fuscous. The markings are whitish-ochreous. There are two transversely placed confluent spots in the disc near the base and a broad rather irregular transverse fasciae at one-third and beyond the middle, the posterior edge of the second indented by a dark spot representing the second discal stigma. A triangular spot is found on the costa at four-fifths, and cloudy dot on the termen opposite. The hindwings are grey, darker towards the apex.[2]

There have been thirteen collected specimens of pexicopia euryanthes. As such, little is known about the species.[3]

References

funet.fi
Ark. Zool. 14 (15) : 3
"Pexicopia euryanthes (species)". Retrieved January 30, 2019.

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[1] unet.fi

[2] Ark. Zool. 14 (15) : 3

[3] "Pexicopia euryanthes (species)". Retrieved January 30, 2019.