Pacificulla thrasydora
| Pacificulla thrasydora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Pacificulla |
| Species: | P. thrasydora
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| Binomial name | |
| Pacificulla thrasydora (Meyrick, 1910)
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Pacificulla thrasydora is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is endemic to New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is about 23 millimetres (0.91 in). The forewings are purplish black with a broad orange fascia rising from the dorsum beyond the middle and running towards three-fourths of the costa but not reaching it. The hindwings are purplish black with a broad orange fascia from the middle of the costa to the outer half of the dorsum, occupying the median third of the wing.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (May 11, 2016). "Pacificulla thrasydora (Meyrick, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1910: 444.
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