Peucoteles
| Peucoteles | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Peucoteles Meyrick, 1931 |
| Species: | P. herpestica |
| Binomial name | |
| Peucoteles herpestica Meyrick, 1931 | |
Peucoteles is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Peucoteles herpestica, which is found in India (Assam).[1]
The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, the basal fourth suffused ferruginous, limited by a transverse series of three small black tufts, the uppermost double. There is a median fascia of ferruginous suffusion, including a black tuft on the fold and the apical fourth is suffusedly irrorated darker grey, including a blotch of ferruginous suffusion towards the tornus, preceded by a small black tuft. The hindwings are light blue-grey.
The larvae feed on Pinus khasia.[2]
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