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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