Prionocris mollis

Prionocris mollis is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Turner in 1946.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

Prionocris mollis
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P. mollis
Binomial name
Prionocris mollis
(Turner, 1946)
Synonyms
  • Machimia mollis Turner, 1946

The wingspan is 19–20 mm. The forewings are pale grey with a rosy costal line with a whitish edge. The stigmata is obscure and fuscous, the first discal spot is found at one-third, the plical beyond it and the second discal before two-thirds. There is a postmedian line of minute dots, sometimes almost obsolete, from beneath three-fifths of the costa rounded in the disc, to before the tornus. There is also a terminal series of dots. The hindwings are pale ochreous, sometimes with grey suffusion towards the termen.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prionocris mollis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. "Prionocris". www.nic.funet.fi. Archived from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  3. "Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales". Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. December 29, 1875 via Internet Archive.


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