Pexicopia epactaea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.[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. epactaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Pexicopia epactaea (Meyrick, 1904)
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The wingspan is about 17 mm (0.67 in). The forewings are pale brownish ochreous, irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with and partially suffused with dark fuscous, especially towards the dorsum and posteriorly. There is a spot of whitish-ochreous suffusion beneath the costa near the base. The stigmata are dark fuscous, very obscure, the plical beneath the first discal, the second discal more distinct, partially surrounded with whitish-ochreous suffusion. The hindwings are fuscous, paler anteriorly.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Pexicopia epactaea (Meyrick, 1904)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 312. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163 – via Internet Archive.
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