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.
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