Parapsectris ferulata

Parapsectris ferulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Parapsectris
Species: P. ferulata
Binomial name
Parapsectris ferulata
Meyrick, 1918

Parapsectris ferulata is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).[1][2]

The wingspan is 13-14 mm. The forewings are fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous and with a blackish dot at the base of the costa, and one almost at the base above the fold. There is a short very oblique whitish-ochreous streak from the costa at one-fifth, preceded by a small blackish mark. A whitish-ochreous streak is found along the fold from the base to the middle of the wing, with a series of three small blackish marks, the first on the upper edge and the other two on the lower. There is a very oblique whitish-ochreous streak from two-fifths of the costa to two-thirds of the disc, preceded by a series of three or four small blackish marks. There are also three small whitish-ochreous spots or dots on the costa towards the apex, and an undefined streak along the termen, accompanied by a marginal series of small groups of blackish scales. The hindwings are slaty-grey.[3]

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