Neotelphusa craterota

Neotelphusa craterota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Neotelphusa
Species:	N. craterota
Binomial name
	Neotelphusa craterota; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Telphusa craterotaMeyrick, 1913;

Last updated October 02, 2022

Neotelphusa craterota is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are grey and there is a black basal patch occupying one-third of the wing, the edge nearly vertical, slightly irregular, margined with whitish suffusion, forming a white spot on the costa. There is a white somewhat raised spot in the middle of the disc and a small blackish spot beneath this, followed by some raised whitish scales. There is an irregularly triangular blackish blotch on the costa at two-thirds, connected with a blackish tornal spot by a short fine black white-edged streak, preceded by two small spots of brownish suffusion. Beyond this a suffused white costal spot, where a fine angulated whitish line crosses the wing, followed by some brownish suffusion towards the apex of the wing, and scattered whitish scales. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled in the disc anteriorly.^[3]

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References

↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 3, 2018). "Neotelphusa craterota (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Neotelphusa craterota (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
↑ Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 287 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (June 3, 2018). "Neotelphusa craterota (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Neotelphusa craterota (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 287 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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