Deltophora maculata

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Deltophora maculata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Deltophora
Species:
D. maculata
Binomial name
Deltophora maculata
(Staudinger, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Teleia maculataStaudinger, 1879
  • Gelechia maculata
  • Aristotelia maculata

Deltophora maculata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Georgia, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan [1] and Greece, as well as on Crete and Cyprus. [2] It has also been recorded from Saudi Arabia, [3] but this is based on a misidentification.

The length of the forewings is 5–7 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to September and in November.

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<i>Deltophora</i> Genus of moths

Deltophora is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The genus was originally described from South Africa and based on a taxonomic revision contains about 20 species on all continents except Antarctica. Host plants of larvae and adults are only known for two Chinese species of Deltophora.

Deltophora typica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in south-western Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

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.

Deltophora peltosema is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Australia. Records from South Africa and South America are based on misidentifications.

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

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 beatrix is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in southern Iran.

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
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Deltophora maculata (Staudinger, 1880)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 16, 2017.


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