Pycnobathra achroa

Pycnobathra achroa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Pycnobathra
Species:	P. achroa
Binomial name
	Pycnobathra achroa; Lower, 1901
Synonyms
	Megacraspedus achroa;

Pycnobathra achroa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Lower in 1901. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are whitish-ochreous, rather densely irrorated with fuscous. The stigmata are rather darker fuscous, indistinct, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References

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Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 282. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Biodiversity Library.

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[2] Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 282. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Biodiversity Library.