Biology:Pycnodytis irrigata
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Species: | P. irrigata
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| Pycnodytis irrigata Meyrick, 1918
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Pycnodytis irrigata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found on Madagascar .[1][2]
The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous, the veins streaked with whitish ochreous and more or less strongly edged with dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles). There is a black dot beneath the costa at one-fifth, one beneath the fold below this, and one above the fold rather posterior. The stigmata are black, the plical slightly before the first discal. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (June 16, 2014). "Pycnodytis irrigata Meyrick, 1918". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/anomologinae/pycnodytis/#irrigata.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Pycnodytis irrigata Meyrick, 1918". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/PYCNIRRI.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 120.
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