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Pacificulla thrasydora

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lecithoceridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pacificulla

Pacificulla thrasydora is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1910. It is found in New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are purplish-black with a broad orange fascia rising from the dorsum beyond the middle and running towards three-fourths of the costa but not reaching it. The hindwings are purplish-black with a broad orange fascia from the middle of the costa to the outer half of the dorsum, occupying the median third of the wing.

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Pacificulla thrasydora Wikipedia