Pectinivalva mystaconota

Pectinivalva mystaconota
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Pectinivalva
Species:	P. mystaconota
Binomial name
Pectinivalva mystaconota Hoare, 2013

Pectinivalva mystaconota is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is known from scattered localities in eastern Australia from Wellington, New South Wales south to Mount Nelson, Hobart, Tasmania.

The wingspan is 5.8-7.6 mm for males and 7.5-8.0 mm for females. The thorax and forewings are blackish fuscous and weakly shining. The hindwings are clothed in dark brown scales with iridescent reflections.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the Greek mystax (meaning moustache) and notos (meaning back) and refers to the tuft of hair-scales on T5 in the male.

References

1. Phylogeny and host-plant relationships of the Australian Myrtaceae leafmining moth genus Pectinivalva (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), with new subgenera and species