Isembola

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Isembola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Tribe: Pexicopiini
Genus: Isembola
Meyrick, 1926
Species:
I. diasticta
Binomial name
Isembola diasticta
Meyrick, 1926

Isembola is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Isembola diasticta, which is found in Ecuador. [1]

The wingspan is about 36 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey-ochreous irregularly irrorated rather dark fuscous, most densely towards the apex. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical very obliquely before the first discal, placed in a nearly clear ochreous-whitish streak, an additional elongate dot midway between the plical and the base, and another dot midway between the discal. The hindwings are grey-whitish. [2]

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References

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  2. Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 271 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .