Plocamosaris auritogata

Plocamosaris auritogata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1911.[1] It is found in Panama, French Guiana and Brazil.[2]

Plocamosaris auritogata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Plocamosaris
Species:
P. auritogata
Binomial name
Plocamosaris auritogata
(Walsingham, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Noeza auritogata Walsingham, 1911
  • Dichomeris auritogata
  • Noeza pyropis Meyrick, 1918
  • Dichomeris pyropis

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are reddish chestnut, with a patch of reddish ochreous, slightly raised scales on either side of the fold at about one-fourth and a small dark chestnut spot at the end of the cell, as well as an elongate transverse dark chestnut shade, separated from the termen by a shining lilac marginal line, which is widened upward to the apex, where it is diffused and diluted inward over the wing-surface, at least as far as the upper angle of the cell. The hindwings are golden-yellow.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris auritogata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. Plocamosaris at funet
  3. Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 85


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