Plocamosaris pandora

Plocamosaris pandora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Plocamosaris
Species:	P. pandora
Binomial name
	Plocamosaris pandora; Meyrick, 1912
Synonyms
	Dichomeris pandora Meyrick, 1912;

Plocamosaris pandora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912.[1] It is found in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are ferruginous ochreous, tinged with brownish, deepest towards the costal sinuation. The second discal stigma is obscurely brown, with a transverse streak of brownish suffusion immediately before the termen. The hindwings are pale ochreous yellow.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris pandora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
Savela, Markku, ed. (February 12, 2015). "Plocamosaris pandora Meyrick, 1912". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1911 (4): 706.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris pandora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 12, 2015). "Plocamosaris pandora Meyrick, 1912". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

[3] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1911 (4): 706.