Pexicopia desmanthes (Lower, 1898)
 (formerly known as Gelechia desmanthes )
PEXICOPIINAE,   GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Pexicopia desmanthes
(Photo: courtesy of CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

These adult moths have dark brown forewings, each crossed by three 0ff-white bands. The hindwings are fawn, with recurved wingtips. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

Pexicopia desmanthes
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/CNC/CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in Australia in

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory,
  • New South Wales, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    New Australian Lepidoptera: with a note on Deilephila livornica, Esp.,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 23 (1898), p. 51.

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    (written 5 September 2024)