Plagiocrossa

Plagiocrossa is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Plagiocrossa picrodora, which is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Plagiocrossa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Suborder:
Glossata
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(unranked):
Ditrysia
Superfamily:
Gelechioidea
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Plagiocrossa

Janse, 1954
Species:
P. picrodora
Binomial name
Plagiocrossa picrodora
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Lecithocera picrodora Meyrick, 1913

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, with the costal edge whitish-ochreous from before the middle almost to the apex. There is a transverse whitish-ochreous bar in the disc at three-fifths. The hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous, towards the termen and dorsum tinged with grey.[3]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 294 Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine


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