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Pessograptis cyanactis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pessograptis

Pessograptis cyanactis is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Brazil (Para).

The wingspan is 15-16 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish, irregularly speckled grey and with the veins partially and irregularly streaked with blackish irroration. There are two very elongate irregular-oval spots about fold, the first at one-third, suffused blackish, the second somewhat beyond the middle, light greyish outlined with blackish irroration and surrounded with whitish suffusion beneath. The hindwings are violet-hyaline with the veins suffused dark grey and a grey terminal fascia.

References

Pessograptis cyanactis Wikipedia