Psilocorsis exagitata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Depressariidae
- Genus
- Psilocorsis
- Species
- Psilocorsis exagitata
- Scientific Name
- Psilocorsis exagitata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Psilocorsis exagitata
Psilocorsis exagitata is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Colombia.
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.
...Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Psilocorsis amydra
- Psilocorsis arguta
- Psilocorsis argyropasta
- Psilocorsis carpocapsella
- Psilocorsis cirrhoptera
- Psilocorsis cryptolechiella
- Psilocorsis exagitata
- Psilocorsis fatula
- Psilocorsis indalma
- Psilocorsis melanophthalma
- Psilocorsis minerva
- Psilocorsis propriella
- Psilocorsis purpurascens
- Psilocorsis quercicella
- Psilocorsis reflexella