Phrixocrita

Phrixocrita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Phrixocrita
Meyrick, 1935
Species: P. aegidopis
Binomial name
Phrixocrita aegidopis
Meyrick, 1935

Phrixocrita is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Phrixocrita aegidopis, which is found in Taiwan.[1]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are brown, closely and irregularly strewn short transverse dark brown strigulae. The hindwings are pale glossy greyish-ochreous, the greyer scale-tips forming a fine transverse striolation.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis.[2]

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