Pityocona probleta
| Pityocona probleta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Pityocona |
| Species: | P. probleta |
| Binomial name | |
| Pityocona probleta Bradley, 1961 | |
Pityocona probleta is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1927. It is found on Guadalcanal.[1]
The wingspan is 10-11 mm. The forewings are light buff overlaid with a mixture of drab and drab grey, sparsely sprinkled with blackish, blackish specks beneath the fold at one-fifth and beneath the costa at one-third. The stigmata are black, sometimes weakly ringed with greyish, the plical usually elongate, obliquely before the first discal and the second discal sometimes elongate, conspicuous. The hindwings are smoke grey.[2]
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