Petalostomella

Petalostomella is a monotypic moth genus in the family Gelechiidae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1940. It contains the species Petalostomella lygrodes, described by Edward Meyrick in 1940, which is found in Assam, India.[1]

Petalostomella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Petalostomella

Species:
P. lygrodes
Binomial name
Petalostomella lygrodes
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Petalostoma Meyrick, 1931 (preocc. Lidth de Jeude, 1829)
  • Petalostoma lygrodes Meyrick, 1931

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled with) grey. The stigmata are moderate and dark fusecous, the plical slightly before the first discal, the second discal connected with the dorsum by a dark fuscous bar. There is a hemispherical dark purplish-fnscous blotch on the costa somewhat beyond the middle, preceded by a small pale ochreous spot and followed by a larger one. There is also an apical blotch of dark purplish-fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Petalostomella Fletcher, 1940". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4 (5): 123


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