Psilocorsis purpurascens
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Psilocorsis |
Species: | P. purpurascens
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Binomial name | |
Psilocorsis purpurascens Walsingham, 1912
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Psilocorsis purpurascens is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1912.[1] It is found in Guatemala.[2]
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are purplish grey with a narrow pale cinereous line along the extreme edge of the costa, which is continued along the base of the terminal cilia. Underlying the purplish grey colour of the wing is a faint indication of transverse, striate, pale cinereous mottling. The hindwings are dull brownish cinereous.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cryptolechia purpurascens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
- ^ Psilocorsis at funet
- ^ Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 119 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.