Physoptila pinguivora

Physoptila pinguivora is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934. It is found on Java in Indonesia.[1]

Physoptila pinguivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Physoptila
Species:
P. pinguivora
Binomial name
Physoptila pinguivora
Meyrick, 1934

The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The forewings are white, more or less irregularly suffused with pinkish grey and speckled with grey except towards the costa anteriorly, the costal edge blackish on the basal fourth, and with an appressed fringe of white scales beneath the costa anteriorly. There is a small dark grey spot on the middle of the costa, and a blackish dot in the disc beneath this. A black dot is found in the disc at about three-fourths, and some variable scattered raised black scales are placed posteriorly. The hindwings are grey, darker towards the apex.

The larvae bore in the shoots of Planchonia valida.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (September 11, 2014). "Physoptila pinguivora Meyrick, 1934". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (15): 466.


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