Psilocorsis minerva

Psilocorsis minerva
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Psilocorsis
Species:	P. minerva
Binomial name
	Psilocorsis minerva; (Meyrick, 1928)
Synonyms
	Cryptolechia minerva Meyrick, 1928;

Psilocorsis minerva is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It is found in Colombia.

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are violet, closely striated and strigulated transversely with dark fuscous and with slight indications of some minute whitish-ochreous strigulae on the costa between these. The hindwings are grey.

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Psilocorsis minerva". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
^ Savela, Markku, ed. (May 11, 2016). "Psilocorsis minerva (Meyrick, 1928)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (14-15): 477 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Psilocorsis minerva". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (May 11, 2016). "Psilocorsis minerva (Meyrick, 1928)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (14-15): 477 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.