Petalostomella

Petalostomella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Petalostomella
Fletcher, 1940
Species: P. lygrodes
Binomial name
Petalostomella lygrodes
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Petalostoma Meyrick, 1931 (preocc. Lidth de Jeude, 1829)
  • Petalostoma lygrodes Meyrick, 1931

Petalostomella is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Petalostomella lygrodes, which is found in India (Assam).[1]

The wingspan is 10-11 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous suffusedly irrorated grey. The stigmata are moderate and dark fusecous, the plical slightly before the first discal, the second discal connected with the dorsum by a dark fuscous bar. There is a hemispherical dark purplish-fnscous blotch on the costa somewhat beyond the middle, preceded by a small pale ochreous spot and followed by a larger one. There is also an apical blotch of dark purplish-fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

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