Polypsecta

Polypsecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Polypsecta
Meyrick, 1930
Species: P. halmeuta
Binomial name
Polypsecta halmeuta
Meyrick, 1930

Polypsecta is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[1] It contains only one species, Polypsecta halmeuta, which is found in Brazil.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are elongate and light greyish-ochreous, irregularly sprinkled or slightly strigulated with blackish-fuscous. The markings are formed by dense blackish-fuscous irroration. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
  2. ↑ Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, insbesondere in das Amazonasgebiet, ausgeführt von Dr. H. Zerny
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