Ptochoryctis simbleuta
| Ptochoryctis simbleuta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Ptochoryctis |
| Species: | P. simbleuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptochoryctis simbleuta Meyrick, 1907 | |
Ptochoryctis simbleuta is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1907. It is found India (Assam).[1]
The wingspan is 11-17 mm. The forewings are white, with some irregularly scattered black scales, especially in the disc. There is a patch of cloudy fuscous suffusion extending from the disc beyond the middle to the tornus and there is a pre-marginal series of black dots from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus. The hindwings are pale grey.
The larvae feed beneath a web covered with refuse and pieces of bark, on bark of shoots of the tea-plant, eating right through to the cambium, and thus killing the branch or plant. The larvae are brick-red.[2]
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