Parathectis farinata

Parathectis farinata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Parathectis
Species:	P. farinata
Binomial name
	Parathectis farinata; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Epithectis farinata Meyrick, 1913;

Parathectis farinata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are pale whitish-ochreous, irregularly irrorated with dark fuscous and with a patch of dark fuscous suffusion on the basal portion of the costa. The stigmata are suffused, dark fuscous, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous.^[3]

References

^ funet.fi
^ Afro Moths
^ Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 285 Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] unet.fi

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 285 Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine

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