Psorosticha melanocrepida

Psorosticha melanocrepida is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Clarke in 1962.[1] It is found in Japan (Kyushu).[2]

Psorosticha melanocrepida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Psorosticha
Species:
P. melanocrepida
Binomial name
Psorosticha melanocrepida
Clarke, 1962

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are clay colour, with the base, a spot at the mid-costa and an oblique bar from the costa slightly before the apex all blackish-fuscous. There is an ill-defined oblique, blackish-fuscous streak in the cell, at about the middle of the wing with a spot of raised scales at the outer end. There is a series of minute blackish-fuscous spots arranged in an outwardly curved arc at the basal third and a series of four or five small blackish-fuscous spots around the termen. The remainder of the forewings is marked with scattered blackish-fuscous scales. The hindwings are greyish, basally shading to fuscous at the margins.

The larvae feed on Citrus unshiu.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Psorosticha melanocrepida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  2. Psorosticha at funet
  3. Ent. News 73 : 91


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