Pexicopia epactaea

Pexicopia epactaea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Pexicopia
Species:	P. epactaea
Binomial name
	Pexicopia epactaea; (Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
	Gelechia epactaea Meyrick, 1904;

Pexicopia epactaea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.^[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are pale brownish ochreous, irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with and partially suffused with dark fuscous, especially towards the dorsum and posteriorly. There is a spot of whitish-ochreous suffusion beneath the costa near the base. The stigmata are dark fuscous, very obscure, the plical beneath the first discal, the second discal more distinct, partially surrounded with whitish-ochreous suffusion. The hindwings are fuscous, paler anteriorly.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Pexicopia epactaea (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 312. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Pexicopia epactaea (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

[2] Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 312. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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