Ptilothyris purpurea

Ptilothyris purpurea is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Bas Congo), Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.[2][3]

Ptilothyris purpurea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Ptilothyris
Species:
P. purpurea
Binomial name
Ptilothyris purpurea

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are shining, dark purplish, with a triangular patch of somewhat roughened scales extending nearly across the wing at one-third from the base (this is bright purplish grey in certain lights, but appears brownish fuscous if held in an opposite direction). Beyond this, at the upper angle of the cell is a smaller similar patch and a slender subochreous line runs along the base of the dark purplish cilia. The hindwings of the males are deep purplish fuscous (varying somewhat according to the angle at which the light strikes them) with the costal margin from the base to two-thirds shining whitish ochreous. A pale, iridescent transparent elongate patch, lying beneath the costal margin beyond the middle, extends nearly across the width of the cell and a tuft of greyish hair-scales is found at the base of vein 1. The hindwings of the females are cupreous brown, without the pale patch.[4]

References
  1. "Ptilothyris purpurea - Walsingham, 1897". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. funet.fi
  3. Afro Moths
  4. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1897 (1) : 38


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