Pexicopia epactaea

Pexicopia epactaea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.[1]

Pexicopia epactaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Pexicopia
Species:
P. epactaea
Binomial name
Pexicopia epactaea
(Meyrick, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia epactaea Meyrick, 1904

The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are pale brownish-ochreous, irregularly irrorated and partially suffused with dark fuscous, especially towards the dorsum and posteriorly. There is a spot of whitish-ochreous suffusion beneath the costa near the base. The stigmata are dark fuscous, very obscure, the plical beneath the first discal, the second discal more distinct, partially surrounded with whitish-ochreous suffusion. The hindwings are fuscous, paler anteriorly.[2]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 312. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.


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