Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Depressariidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Rank Species | |
Genus Pseudocentris
Meyrick, 1921 | ||
Pseudocentris testudinea is a moth in the Depressariidae family, and the only species in the genus Pseudocentris. It was described by Meyrick in 1921 and is found in Peru.
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are white, irregularly speckled brownish with a white tuft on the fold at one-third, surrounded with grey irroration. There is some yellow-ochreous suffusion along the costa towards the base and a fascia of yellow-ochreous suffusion from two-fifths of the costa to beyond the middle of the dorsum, as well as a roundish blotch of suffused dark grey irroration in the disc at three-fourths. A yellow-ochreous spot is found on the costa beyond the middle and there is a very oblique irregular yellow-ochreous fasciate streak from the costa at three-fourths to the disc before the apex. There is also an irregular-edged yellow-ochreous streak along the termen from the apex to below the middle. The hindwings are dark grey.