''Parapsectris opaula'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...

. It was described by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Ed ...

in 1911. It is found in

Limpopo Limpopo () is the northernmost Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The term Limpopo is derived from Rivombo (Livombo/Lebombo), a ...

, South Africa. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...

is about 15 mm. The forewings are yellow ochreous, the veins marked with streaks of tannish peach sprinkled with fuscous. There are slight dots of two or three blackish scales beneath the costa near the base, and on the fold before the plical stigma. The stigmata are minute and blackish, with the plical before the first discal and the second discal below the middle. There are a few blackish scales indicating obscure dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.

References

Endemic moths of South Africa Parapsectris Moths described in 1911 Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Gelechiinae-stub