Pycnobathra achroa

Pycnobathra achroa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1901. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

Pycnobathra achroa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Pycnobathra
Species:
P. achroa
Binomial name
Pycnobathra achroa
Lower, 1901
Synonyms
  • Megacraspedus achroa

The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are whitish ochreous, rather densely irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. The stigmata are rather darker fuscous, indistinct, the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (17 June 2014). "Pycnobathra achroa Lower, 1901". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 282 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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