''Pexicopia trimetropis'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of 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 superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable d ...

. It was described by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern m ...

in 1922. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to ...

. The

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

is about 14 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous with a pink tinge, irregularly sprinkled with brown and dark fuscous. There are three semi-oval dark fuscous spots on the costa between one-third and three-fourths, and three smaller more suffused spots posteriorly. The stigmata are very small, formed of dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles), the plical nearly beneath the first discal, an additional dot beneath the second discal. There is some irregular fuscous irroration towards the costa posteriorly. The termen obscurely spotted with dark fuscous irroration. The hindwings are pale grey.''Arkiv För Zoologi''. 14 (15): 5.

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Moths described in 1922 Pexicopia {{Apatetrinae-stub