Gelechia tetraleuca

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Gelechia tetraleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Gelechia
Species:
G. tetraleuca
Binomial name
Gelechia tetraleuca
Meyrick, 1918

Gelechia tetraleuca is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are grey much suffused with black, especially through the middle of the disc, and towards the dorsum near the base. There are four white blotches, the first elongate, extending along the dorsum from one-fourth to three-fourths, widest anteriorly and reaching halfway across the wing, then irregularly attenuated, the second oval, beneath the costa slightly beyond the middle, third roundish, on the tornus, fourth semi oval, on the costa towards the apex. There is a slender irregular white streak along the termen. The hindwings are whitish grey. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Gelechia tetraleuca Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Gelechia tetraleuca Meyrick, 1918". Afromoths. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 18 – via Sabinet.


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