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Panicotricha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Species
  
P. prographa

Panicotricha is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Panicotricha prographa, which is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous. The discal stigmata are small, black and found at one-third and two-thirds. The posterior half of the costa has four small slight, very oblique ochreous-yellowish marks, the last two accompanied with a few black specks. The hindwings are pale grey, the apex and upper part of the terminal edge whitish-ochreous.

References

Panicotricha Wikipedia