Pexicopia desmanthes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1898. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Pexicopia |
| Species: | P. desmanthes
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| Binomial name | |
| Pexicopia desmanthes (Lower, 1898)
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The wingspan is 9–13 mm (0.35–0.51 in). The forewings are whitish-ochreous rosy tinged and with four moderate dark bronzy-fuscous fasciae, the first basal, the second before the middle, the third beyond the middle, the fourth apical, connected in the middle with the third by a more or less defined bar. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku (8 February 2019). "Pexicopia desmanthes (Lower, 1898)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 309. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163 – via Internet Archive.
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