Pexicopia pycnoda

Pexicopia pycnoda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Pexicopia
Species:	P. pycnoda
Binomial name
	Pexicopia pycnoda; (Lower, 1899)
Synonyms
	Gelechia pycnoda Lower, 1899;

Pexicopia pycnoda is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1899. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm (0.59 in). The forewings are light greyish ochreous, bronzy tinged, irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous and dark fuscous. This irroration appears to indicate faint darker fasciae at the base, one-third, two-thirds, and the apex. The discal stigmata are obscurely indicated. The hindwings are whitish grey.[2]

References

Savela, Markku (8 February 2019). "Pexicopia pycnoda (Lower, 1899)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 310 – via Internet Archive.

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[1] Savela, Markku (8 February 2019). "Pexicopia pycnoda (Lower, 1899)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

[2] Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 310 – via Internet Archive.