Psittacastis incisa

Psittacastis incisa is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1912. It is found in Mexico (Tabasco) and Panama.^[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale brownish ochreous, much mottled with dark brown, of which there is a spot at the base of the costa, a larger patch at the base of the dorsum, an outwardly oblique band, from the costa at one-fourth, extending a little across the middle of the fold, immediately followed by a pale, shining, steel-grey costal blotch, also reaching nearly to the fold, and extending to the middle of the wing. Beyond this are two very oblique whitish costal streaklets, outwardly dark-margined, embedded in the dark brown colour which overspreads the remainder of the costal portion of the wing, with the exception of a narrow space below and adjacent to them which is pale ferruginous. A dark line from the end of the second streak, its upper edge tinged with ferruginous, runs to the apex, a whitish space below it being cut longitudinally, and narrowly margined outwardly, by lines of ferruginous scales. The termen is shining, whitish, a slender black curved line, outwardly margined with ferruginous, running through the cilia from the base of the subapical incision a black dot preceding it at about its middle. The hindwings are dark brownish grey.^[2]

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