Parathectis farinata

Parathectis farinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Parathectis
Species:	P. farinata
Binomial name
	Parathectis farinata; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Epithectis farinata Meyrick, 1913;

Parathectis farinata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are pale whitish ochreous, irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous and with a patch of dark fuscous suffusion on the basal portion of the costa. The stigmata are suffused with dark fuscous, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are pale whitish ochreous.[3]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Parathectis farinata (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Parathectis farinata (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 285 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Parathectis farinata (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Parathectis farinata (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 285 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.