Atasthalistis pyrocosma
Atasthalistis pyrocosma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Atasthalistis |
Species: | A. pyrocosma |
Binomial name | |
Atasthalistis pyrocosma Meyrick, 1886 | |
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Atasthalistis pyrocosma is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1886.[1] It is found in New Guinea[2] and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[3]
The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are black, slightly purplish-tinged with a rather narrow pale whitish-yellow streak close beneath the costa from the base to four-fifths, leaving the costal edge black, attenuated at the apex. There is a minute yellow-whitish costal dot near beyond the apex of this and a deep orange hind-marginal fascia from the apex to the anal angle, moderate on the costa, gradually attenuated to a point beneath. There is also an interrupted black hind-marginal line. The hindwings are bright orange with a large blackish apical patch, bounded by a slightly curved line from three-fifths of the costa to the middle of the hind margin.[4]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Atasthalistis pyrocosma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ↑ Atasthalistis at funet
- ↑ BOLD Systems
- ↑ Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1886 (3) : 280