Pseudocentris testudinea

Pseudocentris testudinea is a moth in the family Depressariidae, and the only species in the genus Pseudocentris. It was described by Meyrick in 1921 and is found in Peru.[1]

Pseudocentris testudinea
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Pseudocentris

Meyrick, 1921
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P. testudinea
Binomial name
Pseudocentris testudinea
Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are white, irregularly speckled brownish with a white tuft on the fold at one-third, surrounded with grey irroration. There is some yellow-ochreous suffusion along the costa towards the base and a fascia of yellow-ochreous suffusion from two-fifths of the costa to beyond the middle of the dorsum, as well as a roundish blotch of suffused dark grey irroration in the disc at three-fourths. A yellow-ochreous spot is found on the costa beyond the middle and there is a very oblique irregular yellow-ochreous fasciate streak from the costa at three-fourths to the disc before the apex. There is also an irregular-edged yellow-ochreous streak along the termen from the apex to below the middle. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

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