Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Micronoctuidae Scientific name Parachrostia pura | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Parachrostia Rank Species | |
Parachrostia pura is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is known from Guizhou in China.
The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are narrow. The head, thorax and ground colour of the forewings is blackish-grey. All lines are black, rather indistinct and waved and the terminal line is well marked by black interveinial dots. The reniform stigma is yellow and black outlined. The hindwings are unicolourous black-brown with a discal spot. The fringes of both wings are grey. The underside is unicolourous grey.
The biotope consists of a moist, mainly broad-leaf forest, with lianas and shrubs, close to a river. All specimens were captured at light in mid September.
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