Plagiocrossa
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| Genus: | Plagiocrossa Janse, 1954
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| Species: | P. picrodora
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Plagiocrossa is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Plagiocrossa picrodora, which is found in South Africa.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, with the costal edge whitish-ochreous from before the middle almost to the apex. There is a transverse whitish-ochreous bar in the disc at three-fifths. The hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous, towards the termen and dorsum tinged with grey.[3]
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