Pacificulla geniola

Pacificulla geniola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Pacificulla
Species: P. geniola
Binomial name
Pacificulla geniola
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Crocanthes geniola Meyrick, 1931

Pacificulla geniola is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is 10-11 mm. The forewings are blackish with a broad orange median band, on the costa occupying less than the median third, widened downwards and on the dorsum reaching from about one-fourth to three-fourths. The hindwings are deep orange, in males with a small black submedian spot at the base and in females with a small blackish basal patch. There is a blackish apical band, occupying one-fourth of the costa in males and two-fifths of the costa in females. This band is narrowed downwards to a point on the middle of the termen.[2]

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