Pharangitis

Not to be confused with Pharyngitis.
Pharangitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Pharangitis
Meyrick, 1905
Species: P. spathias
Binomial name
Pharangitis spathias
Meyrick, 1905

Pharangitis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Pharangitis spathias, which is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are rather deep brownish-ochreous with a clear white costal streak from the base to five-sixths, attenuated posteriorly. The dorsum is slenderly white towards the base. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous, slightly infuscated towards the apex.[2]

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