Parathectis farinata

Parathectis farinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Parathectis
Species: P. farinata
Binomial name
Parathectis farinata
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Epithectis farinata Meyrick, 1913

Parathectis farinata is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is 12-13 mm. The forewings are pale whitish-ochreous, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous and with a patch of dark fuscous suffusion on the basal portion of the costa. The stigmata are suffused, dark fuscous, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous.[3]

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