Gelechia impurgata

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Gelechia impurgata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gelechia
Species:
G. impurgata
Binomial name
Gelechia impurgata
Walsingham, 1911

Gelechia impurgata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mexico (Sonora). [1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are cream-white, with a conspicuous fuscous blotch obliquely placed on the cell, somewhat diffused at its outer end, but broken into scattered scaling which unites again in an elongate median streak beyond the end of the cell. The apex and termen are also dusted with fuscous. The hindwings are pale brownish grey. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Gelechia at funet
  2. ↑ Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 67 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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