Pectinimura gilvicostata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Pectinimura
Species:
P. gilvicostata
Binomial name
Pectinimura gilvicostata
Park, 2011

Pectinimura gilvicostata is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It is found in Papua New Guinea.

The length of the forewings is 7.5–8 mm. The forewings are densely covered with uniform brownish grey scales and there is a broad orange white band from the base to the apex along the costa, as well as a large dark-brown discal spot at the end of the cell. There are dark-brownish small spots along the termen and the costa is nearly straight, dark brown for one-fourth the length anteriorly.

Etymology

The species name refers to the orange white band on the costa and is derived from Latin gilvus (meaning pale yellow or orange white).[1]

References

  1. ↑ Park, K.-T. 2011: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part IV: Genus Pectinimura Park with descriptions of four new species and four new combinations. ISSN 1175-5326 Zootaxa, 3040: 43–54. Preview


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