Paralogistis ochrura

Paralogistis ochrura is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Gauteng, South Africa.[1]

Paralogistis ochrura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Scythrididae
Genus:
Paralogistis
Species:
P. ochrura
Binomial name
Paralogistis ochrura
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Homothamnis litholeuca Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is 11–17 mm. The forewings are white, variably speckled with dark grey and with a transverse fascia of blackish irroration (sprinkles) near the base, becoming obsolescent near the dorsum. There is a slightly oblique grey fascia mixed with blackish at two-thirds, narrow on the costa and gradually dilated posteriorly to the dorsum, where it is extended vaguely to near the tornus. There is a grey blotch speckled with darker extending along the posterior half of the costa to the apex and a blackish dot above the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]

The larvae feed on Acacia zanzibarica.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (August 22, 2014). "Paralogistis ochrura Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 117.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Paralogistis ochrura Meyrick, 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved September 8, 2020.


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