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Pauroneura

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Pauroneura
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Pauroneura

Turner, 1919
Species:
P. brachysticha
Binomial name
Pauroneura brachysticha
Turner, 1919

Pauroneura is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Pauroneura brachysticha, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are whitish, unevenly suffused with brownish fuscous and with a moderate dark basal patch, short on the costa, longer on the dorsum. There is a dark costal mark at one-third and a large dorsal blotch confluent with a terminal suffusion. A short outwardly oblique whitish streak is found from two-thirds of the costa, narrowly edged with dark-fuscous, followed by three whitish dots similarly edged. There is a suffused silvery-white transverse mark from the termen beyond the tornus not reaching the costa, cutting across two whitish dark-centred longitudinal streaks from three-fourths to the termen. There is also an elongate whitish apical dot, with a large dark-fuscous spot beneath it. The hindwings are fuscous, with the base of the costa white.[2]

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  1. ^ funet.fi
  2. ^ Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10) : 121 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.