Phylopatris

Phylopatris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Phylopatris
Meyrick, 1923
Species: P. terpnodes
Binomial name
Phylopatris terpnodes
Meyrick, 1923

Phylopatris is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the single species Phylopatris terpnodes, which is found in Brazil (Amazonas) and Peru.[1]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are white with an oblique brownish-ochreous fascia near the base, black on the costa and with a black subdorsal tuft on the posterior edge. There are elongate black dots on the costa before the middle and at two-thirds, beneath suffused brownish-ochreous. The discal stigmata are black, with patches of brownish-ochreous suffusion in the disc between them and towards the middle of the dorsum, a black subdorsal raised dot beneath the second, beneath this a brownish-ochreous dorsal spot edged black dorsally. There is a short black dash surrounded by brownish-ochreous suffusion in the disc posteriorly, two black specks on the costa near the apex, with some brownish-ochreous suffusion around these. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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