Gelechia platydoxa

Gelechia platydoxa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Guyana.[1]

Gelechia platydoxa
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G. platydoxa
Binomial name
Gelechia platydoxa
Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark purple fuscous with a broad almost basal ochreous-white band, the edge running from one-fourth of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, irregular, followed by some ferruginous-brown suffusion, wider towards the costa. There is a spot of ferruginous-brown suffusion beneath the costa at two-thirds, followed by a semicircular white costal blotch at about three-fourths. The hindwings are dark grey, lighter and thinly scaled in the disc.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Gelechia platydoxa Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 20.


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