Platyedra piceicoma

Platyedra piceicoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Platyedra
Species:	P. piceicoma
Binomial name
	Platyedra piceicoma; Meyrick, 1931

Platyedra piceicoma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Cameroon.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are purple blackish with three narrow irregular-edged white transverse fasciae, the first at one-fourth, not reaching the costa, the second just beyond the middle, not reaching the costa or dorsum, the third at five-sixths, the lower half linear and sinuate. The hindwings are pale grey, thinly scaled in the disc and the apex and termen suffused with darker grey.^[3]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Platyedra piceicoma Meyrick, 1931". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Platyedra piceicoma Meyrick, 1931". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (2-4): 61.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Platyedra piceicoma Meyrick, 1931". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Platyedra piceicoma Meyrick, 1931". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (2-4): 61.

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