Biology:Pseudocrates soritica

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Pseudocrates soritica
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P. soritica
Binomial name
Pseudocrates soritica
Meyrick, 1918

Pseudocrates soritica is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in southern India .[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous, sprinkled with dark fuscous, the margins irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with blackish fuscous, especially along the costa. There is a blackish mark beneath the costa near the base and an oblique blackish mark from the dorsum at one-fourth, as well as an oblique transverse blackish-fuscous blotch representing the combined plical and first discal stigmata, a subtriangular spot representing the second discal. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed (December 8, 2013). "Pseudocrates soritica Meyrick, 1918". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/lecithoceridae/lecithocerinae/pseudocrates/#soritica. Retrieved September 9, 2020. 
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 100. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q14191363 entry