Plagiocrossa
| Plagiocrossa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| (unranked): | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Plagiocrossa Janse, 1954 |
| Species: | P. picrodora |
| Binomial name | |
| Plagiocrossa picrodora (Meyrick, 1913) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Plagiocrossa is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Plagiocrossa picrodora, which is found in South Africa.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, with the costal edge whitish-ochreous from before the middle almost to the apex. There is a transverse whitish-ochreous bar in the disc at three-fifths. The hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous, towards the termen and dorsum tinged with grey.[3]
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