Phylomictis decretoria

Phylomictis decretoria is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1900. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Phylomictis decretoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Phylomictis
Species:
P. decretoria
Binomial name
Phylomictis decretoria

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are creamy ochreous with reddish-fuscous markings, and white between veins. There is a pink border along the middle third of the costa and a median longitudinal band of deep red fuscous along the wing to the end of the cell, where it bifurcates, and along its whole course gives off linear branches to the costa and hindmargin, and is thickened toward the inner margin by two longitudinal short bands which give off branches to the inner margin. The branches are given off as fine lines, and thicken proportionately as they approach either border. Between the radiated lines, the spaces are white. The inner border is suffused with fuscous, and the whole wing more or less tinted with pink. The hindwings are light ochreous grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (15 February 2014). "Phylomictis decretoria Lucas, 1900". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 15: 160.


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