Deltophora distinctella

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Deltophora distinctella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Deltophora
Species:
D. distinctella
Binomial name
Deltophora distinctella
Sattler, 1979

Deltophora distinctella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in India.

The length of the forewings is 5.5-6.5 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from January to March and September to November. [1]

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Deltophora diversella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in South Africa, southern Mozambique, Kenya and Uganda.

Deltophora angulella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Kenya.

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Deltophora fasciella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Israel, south-western Saudi Arabia, southern Iran, eastern Afghanistan and possibly Sudan.

Deltophora maculata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Georgia, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan and Greece, as well as on Crete and Cyprus. It has also been recorded from Saudi Arabia, but this is based on a misidentification.

Deltophora pauperella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in India (Punjab).

Deltophora stictella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Spain, southern France and Italy.

Deltophora korbi is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the Russian Far East and China.

<i>Deltophora sella</i> Species of moth

Deltophora sella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the United States.

Deltophora glandiferella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the United States (Texas) and Mexico.

Deltophora duplicata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the United States (Florida), the Cayman Islands, Mexico (Tamaulipas) and El Salvador.

Deltophora flavocincta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mexico and Colombia (Magdalena).

Deltophora lanceella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the West Indies (Grenada), Guyana and Brazil (Pará).

Deltophora caymana is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on the Cayman Islands.

Deltophora minuta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Brazil (Amazon).

Deltophora suffusella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Paraguay (Chaco).

Helcystogramma deltophora is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1954. It is found in Namibia.

References

  1. Sattler K, 1979: A taxonomic revision of the genus Deltophora Janse, 1950 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Bull Br Mus (Nat Hist), Entomol Ser38: 263–322. Full article