Parathectis farinata

Parathectis farinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gelechiidae
Genus:Parathectis
Species: P. farinata
Binomial name
Parathectis farinata
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Epithectis farinata Meyrick, 1913

Parathectis farinata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are pale whitish-ochreous, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous and with a patch of dark fuscous suffusion on the basal portion of the costa. The stigmata are suffused, dark fuscous, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous.[3]

References

  1. ↑ funet.fi
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 285 Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine.


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