Telphusa chloroderces

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Telphusa chloroderces
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Telphusa
Species:
T. chloroderces
Binomial name
Telphusa chloroderces
Meyrick, 1929

Telphusa chloroderces is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Manchuria. [1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous. The stigmata form small irregular suffused blackish spots, the plical rather before the first discal, an additional spot on the fold beneath the second discal. The hindwings are light grey.

The larvae feed on Prunus persica . They roll the leaves of their host plant. [2]

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