Telphusa melanozona

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Telphusa melanozona
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Telphusa
Species:
T. melanozona
Binomial name
Telphusa melanozona
Meyrick, 1913

Telphusa melanozona is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in India (Bengal). [1]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish irrorated with light grey and with the base of the costa blackish. There is a moderately broad straight black transverse fascia at one-fourth and a minute black dot in the middle of the disc, as well as two black dots transversely placed in the disc at two-thirds, surrounded with whitish-ochreous, the upper forming the apex of a triangular blackish costal spot. The hindwings are light grey.

The larvae feed on Euphorbia neriifolia . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Telphusa at funet
  2. ↑ Exot. Microlep. 1 (3): 65 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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