Telphusa nephelaspis

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Telphusa nephelaspis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Telphusa
Species:
T. nephelaspis
Binomial name
Telphusa nephelaspis
Meyrick, 1926

Telphusa nephelaspis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in north-western India. [1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are whitish sprinkled with dark grey and with a dark grey rounded patch extending over the dorsum from near the base to the middle and reaching three-fourths of the way across the wing, its upper edge including a blackish raised spot. The first discal stigma forms a very oblique black bar, the second a black dot and there are three irregular dark grey spots before the termen and apex. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled and translucent in the disc and towards the base. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2019). "Telphusa nephelaspis Meyrick, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1926). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (9): 276.


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