Pessograptis cyanactis
Pessograptis cyanactis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930.[1] It is found in Pará, Brazil.[2]
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The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are ochreous whitish, irregularly speckled with grey and with the veins partially and irregularly streaked with blackish irroration (sprinkles). There are two very elongate irregular-oval spots about fold, the first at one-third, suffused with blackish, the second somewhat beyond the middle, light greyish outlined with blackish irroration and surrounded with whitish suffusion beneath. The hindwings are violet hyaline with the veins suffused with dark grey and a grey terminal fascia.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pessograptis cyanactis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- Savela, Markku, ed. (February 12, 2015). "Pessograptis cyanactis Meyrick, 1930". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 44: 226.
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