Pavolechia

Pavolechia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Genus: Pavolechia
Busck, 1914
Species:
P. argentea
Binomial name
Pavolechia argentea
Busck, 1914
Synonyms
  • Desmaucha Meyrick, 1918
  • Desmaucha chrysostoma Meyrick, 1918

Pavolechia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Pavolechia argentea, which is found in Panama and Guyana.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are dark blackish brown with a bright, bluish metallic sheen and with a round, silvery white dot on the cell and an oblong, silvery white dash at the end of the cell. The hindwings are blackish brown with a large silvery white spot on the middle of costa and a somewhat smaller similar spot just below it on the dorsal edge.

References

  1. ^ funet.fi
  2. ^ Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 47 (2043) : 21 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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