Psilocorsis purpurascens

Psilocorsis purpurascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Psilocorsis
Species:	P. purpurascens
Binomial name
	Psilocorsis purpurascens; Walsingham, 1912
Synonyms
	Cryptolechia purpurascens;

Psilocorsis purpurascens is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1912.^[1] It is found in Guatemala.^[2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are purplish grey with a narrow pale cinereous line along the extreme edge of the costa, which is continued along the base of the terminal cilia. Underlying the purplish grey colour of the wing is a faint indication of transverse, striate, pale cinereous mottling. The hindwings are dull brownish cinereous.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia purpurascens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
^ Psilocorsis at funet
^ Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 119

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia purpurascens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.

[2] Psilocorsis at funet

[3] Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 119

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