Biology:Paralogistis ochrura

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Short description: Species of moth

Paralogistis ochrura
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Paralogistis
Species:
P. ochrura
Binomial name
Paralogistis ochrura
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Homothamnis litholeuca Meyrick, 1921

Paralogistis ochrura is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Gauteng, South Africa.[1]

The wingspan is 11–17 mm. The forewings are white, variably speckled with dark grey and with a transverse fascia of blackish irroration (sprinkles) near the base, becoming obsolescent near the dorsum. There is a slightly oblique grey fascia mixed with blackish at two-thirds, narrow on the costa and gradually dilated posteriorly to the dorsum, where it is extended vaguely to near the tornus. There is a grey blotch speckled with darker extending along the posterior half of the costa to the apex and a blackish dot above the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]

The larvae feed on Acacia zanzibarica.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed (August 22, 2014). "Paralogistis ochrura Meyrick, 1913". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/scythrididae/paralogistis/#ochrura. Retrieved September 8, 2020. 
  2. Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 117. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Paralogistis ochrura Meyrick, 1913". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/PARAOCUR. Retrieved September 8, 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14017037 entry