| Pharangitis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gelechiinae |
| Genus: | Pharangitis Meyrick, 1905 |
| Species: | P. spathias
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| Binomial name | |
| Pharangitis spathias Meyrick, 1905
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Pharangitis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Pharangitis spathias, which is found in Sri Lanka.1
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are rather deep brownish-ochreous with a clear white costal streak from the base to five-sixths, attenuated posteriorly. The dorsum is slenderly white towards the base. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous, slightly infuscated towards the apex.2
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- J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 16 (4): 597 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.