Pavolechia

Pavolechia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Pavolechia argentea, which is found in Panama and Guyana.[1]

Pavolechia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Genus: Pavolechia
Busck, 1914
Species:
P. argentea
Binomial name
Pavolechia argentea
Busck, 1914
Synonyms
  • Desmaucha Meyrick, 1918
  • Desmaucha chrysostoma Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are dark blackish brown with a bright, bluish metallic sheen and with a round, silvery white dot on the cell and an oblong, silvery white dash at the end of the cell. The hindwings are blackish brown with a large silvery white spot on the middle of costa and a somewhat smaller similar spot just below it on the dorsal edge.[2]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 47 (2043) : 21 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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