Holaxyra picrophanes is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Holaxyra |
| Species: | H. picrophanes
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| Holaxyra picrophanes (Meyrick, 1913)
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The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are silvery white, the dorsal half tinged and sprinkled with pale fuscous. There is a moderately broad dark fuscous median longitudinal streak from the base to the apex, with the lower edge somewhat suffused. The hindwings are whitish grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dichomeris picrophanes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (August 23, 2017). "Holaxyra picrophanes (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 304 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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