Paralogistis ochrura
| Paralogistis ochrura | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Scythrididae |
| Genus: | Paralogistis |
| Species: | P. ochrura |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralogistis ochrura (Meyrick, 1913) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paralogistis ochrura is a moth of the Scythrididae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa (Gauteng).[1]
The wingspan is 11-17 mm. The forewings are white, variably speckled with dark grey and with a transverse fascia of blackish irroration near the base, becoming obsolescent near the dorsum. There is a slightly oblique grey fascia mixed with blackish at two-thirds, narrow on the costa and gradually dilated posteriorly to the dorsum, where it is extended vaguely to near the tornus. There is a grey blotch speckled with darker extending along the posterior half of the costa to the apex and a blackish dot above the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]
The larvae feed on Acacia zanzibarica.[3]
References
- ↑ Paralogistis at funet.fi.
- ↑ Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 117
- ↑ Afro Moths
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