Pacificulla zonias
Pacificulla zonias is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
| Pacificulla zonias | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Pacificulla |
| Species: | P. zonias |
| Binomial name | |
| Pacificulla zonias (Meyrick, 1904) | |
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The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark purple-fuscous with a moderately broad straight ochreous-yellow fascia about the middle, slightly narrowed downwards. The hindwings are dark grey with a rather broad irregular pale ochreous-yellow transverse fascia rather before the middle, enclosing a dark grey discal dot.[2]
References
- "Pacificulla". nic.funet.fi. Archived from the original on 2015-09-20.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales for the Year 1904. The Linnean Society. 1904. p. 403.
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