Pithanurga

Pithanurga is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Pithanurga chariphila, which is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Pithanurga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Pithanurga

Meyrick, 1921
Species:
P. chariphila
Binomial name
Pithanurga chariphila
Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are white, slightly sprinkled with pale grey. The markings are formed by grey suffusion speckled with blackish. There is an elongate spot along the basal fifth of the costa and a semioval blotch along the dorsum before the middle, as well as a triangular blotch extending over the median third of the costa and reaching two-thirds across the wing, its discal portion occupied by an oblique-oblong light yellow-ochreous spot. The apical fourth is suffusedly irrorated with grey, preceded on the tornus by an undefined small pale yellow-ochreous spot with some black scales. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 68 Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine


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