Parapsectris ferax

Parapsectris ferax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Parapsectris
Species:	P. ferax
Binomial name
	Parapsectris ferax; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Gelechia ferax Meyrick, 1913;

Parapsectris ferax is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Mpumalanga, South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are yellow ochreous, sometimes suffused with ferruginous towards the costa and dorsum. The veins are streaked with purplish-fuscous suffusion sometimes tinged with crimson. There is a streak of purplish-fuscous suffusion along the costa from more or less near the base to the apex and there is a patch of purplish-fuscous suffusion along the dorsum from about one-third to the tornus, then continued as a slender streak along the termen. The stigmata are minute and black, with the first discal placed higher than the second, sometimes obsolete, the plical larger, before the first discal, sometimes additional minute black dots on the fold before and beyond the plical. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (June 15, 2014). "Parapsectris ferax (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Parapsectris ferax (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 289 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (June 15, 2014). "Parapsectris ferax (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Parapsectris ferax (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 289 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.