Parastega trichella

Parastega trichella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Parastega
Species: P. trichella
Binomial name
Parastega trichella
Busck, 1914

Parastega trichella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama.[1]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are blackish brown with strong purple sheen and at the basal fourth a narrow, outwardly oblique, straight, silvery white streak. There is a small triangular outwardly pointed white costal streak at the apical fourth. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

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