Photodotis photinopa

Photodotis photinopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Photodotis
Species:	P. photinopa
Binomial name
	Photodotis photinopa; (Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
	Megacraspedus photinopa Meyrick, 1920;

Photodotis photinopa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white and with a rather broad whitish-ochreous streak sprinkled with grey and dark fuscous running from the base beneath the costa to one-third, then obliquely deflected to a small round yellow-whitish spot edged with a few dark scales representing the second discal stigma, and a similar streak from the middle of the base to a more obscure similar spot representing the plical stigma. There is some grey irroration (sprinkles) towards the costa at two-thirds, and two or three scales on the tornus. There is an apical spot of grey suffusion. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Photodotis photinopa (Meyrick, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Microcraspedus photinopa (Meyrick, 1920)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
Annals of the South African Museum. 17 (4): 281.

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[funet-1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Photodotis photinopa (Meyrick, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Microcraspedus photinopa (Meyrick, 1920)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

[3] Annals of the South African Museum. 17 (4): 281.