Plocamosaris telegraphella

Plocamosaris telegraphella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Plocamosaris
Species:	P. telegraphella
Binomial name
	Plocamosaris telegraphella; (Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
	Noeza telegraphella Walker, 1866; Dichomeris telegraphella;

Plocamosaris telegraphella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866.^[1] It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.^[2]

Adults are dull reddish, the forewings with a paler red costal stripe and with a silvery-white subcostal line extending along nearly half the length from the tip. There is a deep black costal line in front of the subcostal line, obliquely intersected by four little silvery-white streaks.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
^ Savela, Markku. "Plocamosaris telegraphella (Walker, 1866)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 35: 1839

This article on a moth of the subfamily Dichomeridinae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Plocamosaris telegraphella (Walker, 1866)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2018.

[3] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 35: 1839

[1]

[2]

[3]