Psilocorsis exagitata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Psilocorsis
Species:
P. exagitata
Binomial name
Psilocorsis exagitata
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia exagitata Meyrick, 1926

Psilocorsis exagitata is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in Colombia.[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark purplish grey with broad antemedian and ante-apical slightly oblique fasciae of whitish transverse strigulae, on the costa becoming blotches of ochreous-yellow marbling. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Psilocorsis exagitata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (May 11, 2016). "Psilocorsis exagitata (Meyrick, 1926)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (10): 318.


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