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Atasthalistis pyrocosma

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Atasthalistis pyrocosma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Atasthalistis
Species:
A. pyrocosma
Binomial name
Atasthalistis pyrocosma
Meyrick, 1886
Synonyms
  • Dichomeris pyrocosma

Atasthalistis pyrocosma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886.[1] It is found on New Guinea[2] and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[3]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are black, slightly purplish tinged with a rather narrow pale whitish-yellow streak close beneath the costa from the base to four-fifths, leaving the costal edge black, attenuated at the apex. There is a minute yellow-whitish costal dot near beyond the apex of this and a deep orange hindmarginal fascia from the apex to the anal angle, moderate on the costa, gradually attenuated to a point beneath. There is also an interrupted black hindmarginal line. The hindwings are bright orange with a large blackish apical patch, bounded by a slightly curved line from three-fifths of the costa to the middle of the hindmargin.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Atasthalistis pyrocosma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (May 12, 2014). "Atasthalistis pyrocosma Meyrick, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  3. ^ "Taxonomy Browser: Atasthalistis pyrocosma". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  4. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1886 (3): 280.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.