Pavolechia

Pavolechia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Pavolechia argentea, which is found in Panama and Guyana.^[1]

Pavolechia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Subfamily:	Gelechiinae
Genus:	Pavolechia Busck, 1914
Species:	P. argentea
Binomial name
Pavolechia argentea Busck, 1914
Synonyms
Desmaucha Meyrick, 1918 Desmaucha chrysostoma Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are dark blackish brown with a bright, bluish metallic sheen and with a round, silvery white dot on the cell and an oblong, silvery white dash at the end of the cell. The hindwings are blackish brown with a large silvery white spot on the middle of costa and a somewhat smaller similar spot just below it on the dorsal edge.^[2]