Stenolechia trichaspis

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Stenolechia trichaspis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Stenolechia
Species:
S. trichaspis
Binomial name
Stenolechia trichaspis
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Recurvaria trichaspisMeyrick, 1918

Stenolechia trichaspis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Kashmir and Sri Lanka. [1]

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are white irregularly irrorated fuscous and with the markings blackish-fuscous. There are elongate spots on the costa towards the base, before the middle, and at two-thirds, as well as a small spot beneath the fold near the base. There are suffused spots representing the stigmata, the plical beneath the first discal. There is also a suffused spot on the tornus and one at the apex, as well as a cloudy blackish dot in the disc towards the apex. The hindwings are pale bluish-grey. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Stenolechia at funet
  2. ↑ Exotic Microlep. 2 (5): 131 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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