Parapsectris carinata

Parapsectris carinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Parapsectris
Species:	P. carinata
Binomial name
	Parapsectris carinata; (Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
	Epithectis carinata Meyrick, 1911; Athrips carinata; Epithectis emerita Meyrick, 1921;

Parapsectris carinata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng).^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are whitish, densely irrorated with dark fuscous. The stigmata are black, the first discal rather elongate, well-marked, the plical rather before the first discal, forming the extremity of a blackish streak along the fold from the base, the second discal represented by two or three scales. There are some undefined blackish dots on the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.^[3]

References

^ funet.fi
^ Afro Moths
^ Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (1) : 64 Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] unet.fi

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (1) : 64 Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine

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