Pexicopia desmanthes

Pexicopia desmanthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Pexicopia
Species: P. desmanthes
Binomial name
Pexicopia desmanthes
(Lower, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia desmanthes Lower, 1898

Pexicopia desmanthes is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Lower in 1898. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is 9-13 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous rosy-tinged and with four moderate dark bronzy-fuscous fasciae, the first basal, the second before the middle, the third beyond the middle, the fourth apical, connected in the middle with the third by a more or less defined bar. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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