Dactylethrella candida

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Dactylethrella candida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dactylethrella
Species:
D. candida
Binomial name
Dactylethrella candida
(Stainton, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Anarsia candidaStainton, 1859
  • Prays plagiferellaWalker, 1863
  • Dactylethra tetroctasMeyrick, 1906

Dactylethrella candida is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Stainton in 1859. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka and southern India. [2]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are ochreous-white with a dark fuscous dot towards the costa near the base and two transversely placed in the disc at one-fifth. There are about eight short oblique brown strigulae on the costa. There are transverse undefined patches of ochreous-brown suffusion in the disc at one-third, beyond the middle and towards the termen, the first narrow, second broader, reaching the costa and the third largest, somewhat mixed with black scales and bounded by a grey terminal streak. Between these are two lilac-grey sometimes whitish-centred irregularly eight-shaped spots in the disc before the middle and at two-thirds, the first rather oblique and the second shorter. The hindwings are fuscous-whitish. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dactylethrella candida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. ↑ Dactylethrella at funet
  3. ↑ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (1): 153 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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