Pycnodytis irrigata

Pycnodytis irrigata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Madagascar.[1][2]

Pycnodytis irrigata
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P. irrigata
Binomial name
Pycnodytis irrigata
Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are light brownish-ochreous, the veins streaked whitish-ochreous and more or less strongly edged with dark fuscous irroration. There is a black dot beneath the costa at one-fifth, one beneath the fold below this, and one above the fold rather posterior. The stigmata are black, the plical slightly before the first discal. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

References

  1. "Pycnodytis". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Exotic Microlep. 2 (4): 120


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