Pseudocrates soritica
| Pseudocrates soritica | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Species: | P. soritica
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocrates soritica Meyrick, 1918
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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[]
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 8, 2013). "Pseudocrates soritica Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (4): 100.
Categories:
- Moths described in 1918
- Lecithocerinae
- Lecithocerinae stubs