Pseudocrates soritica

(Pseudocrates soritica)

Description

Pseudocrates soritica is a moth in the Lecithoceridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in southern India. The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous, sprinkled dark fuscous, the margins irregularly irrorated blackish-fuscous, especially along the costa. There is a blackish mark beneath the costa near the base and an oblique blackish mark from the dorsum at one-fourth, as well as an oblique transverse blackish-fuscous blotch representing the combined plical and first discal stigmata, a subtriangular spot representing the second discal. The hindwings are pale grey.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Lecithoceridae
Genus:Pseudocrates
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