Paralogistis ochrura

Paralogistis ochrura
Scientific classification
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 .^[3]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (August 22, 2014). "Paralogistis ochrura Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 117.
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Paralogistis ochrura Meyrick, 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (August 22, 2014). "Paralogistis ochrura Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

[2] Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 117.

[3] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Paralogistis ochrura Meyrick, 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

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