Pachnistis nubivaga

Pachnistis nubivaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Pachnistis
Species: P. nubivaga
Binomial name
Pachnistis nubivaga
Meyrick, 1921

Pachnistis nubivaga is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Indonesia (Sulawesi).[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are fuscous, slightly violet-tinged, obscurely speckled with grey-whitish. The discal stigmata are cloudy, darker, the second rather large. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

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