Peucoteles

Peucoteles is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Peucoteles herpestica, which is found in India (Assam).[1]

Peucoteles
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Peucoteles

Meyrick, 1931
Species:
P. herpestica
Binomial name
Peucoteles herpestica
Meyrick, 1931

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, the basal fourth suffused ferruginous, limited by a transverse series of three small black tufts, the uppermost double. There is a median fascia of ferruginous suffusion, including a black tuft on the fold and the apical fourth is suffusedly irrorated darker grey, including a blotch of ferruginous suffusion towards the tornus, preceded by a small black tuft. The hindwings are light blue-grey.

The larvae feed on Pinus khasia.[2]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Exotic Microlep. 4 (2-4): 57


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