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Pexicopia desmanthes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pexicopia

Pexicopia desmanthes is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Lower in 1898. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.

The wingspan is 9-13 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous rosy-tinged and with four moderate dark bronzy-fuscous fasciae, the first basal, the second before the middle, the third beyond the middle, the fourth apical, connected in the middle with the third by a more or less defined bar. The hindwings are grey.

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Pexicopia desmanthes Wikipedia