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Parochromolopis psittacanthus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Epermeniidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Parochromolopis

Parochromolopis psittacanthus is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Heppner in 1980. It is found in Costa Rica.

The length of the forewings is 4-4.6 mm. The forewings are tan with black-tipped scales basally between the veins and at the margins, as four tufts along the dorsal margin, and inward at each tuft, as well as three spots mid-wing, at the end of the cell, on the distal one-fourth and subapically. There are brown scales between black-tipped scales from mid-wing to the apex. The hindwings are grey fuscous.

The larvae feed on Psittacanthus calyculatus. They bore in the fruits of their host plant.

References

Parochromolopis psittacanthus Wikipedia


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