Panicotricha

Panicotricha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Panicotricha
Meyrick, 1913
Species: P. prographa
Binomial name
Panicotricha prographa
Meyrick, 1913

Panicotricha is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Panicotricha prographa, which is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous. The discal stigmata are small, black and found at one-third and two-thirds. The posterior half of the costa has four small slight, very oblique ochreous-yellowish marks, the last two accompanied with a few black specks. The hindwings are pale grey, the apex and upper part of the terminal edge whitish-ochreous.[3]

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