Pseudocrates antisphena
| Pseudocrates antisphena | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Pseudocrates |
| Species: | P. antisphena |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocrates antisphena Meyrick, 1918 | |
Pseudocrates antisphena is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in southern India.[1]
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light brownish, sprinkled blackish-fuscous except in the disc, especially along the costa, forming small groups of scales on the margins towards the apex. The stigmata are large and blackish, the plical beyond the first discal and more or less completely united with it to form an oblique subtriangular blotch, edged whitish posteriorly, the second discal triangular, edged laterally whitish. The hindwings grey-whitish, becoming pale grey posteriorly.[2]
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