Telphusa sarcochroma

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Telphusa sarcochroma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Telphusa
Species:
T. sarcochroma
Binomial name
Telphusa sarcochroma
(Walsingham, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia sarcochromaWalsingham, 1900
  • Gelechia hessiAmsel, 1935
  • Gelechia nigroroseaWalsingham, 1904

Telphusa sarcochroma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Yemen (Socotra), Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Jordan [1] and Palestine. [2]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are whitish flesh-colour, with slight fuscous shading and with four fuscous costal spots, the first at the base, the second at about one-sixth, the third at about the middle and the fourth at the commencement of the costal cilia. There is a broad dorsal streak, arising at one-fifth from the base, terminating at the upper edge of the cell a little beyond the second costal spot, some of the flesh-coloured scales between this and the base are distinctly raised. There are also a few fuscous scales beyond the middle of the cell and one or two in the fold beneath them. The hindwings are shining pale bluish grey. [3]

The larvae feed on Rhus dioica .

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References

  1. ↑ Afro Moths
  2. ↑ Telphusa at funet
  3. ↑ Bull. Liverpool Mus. 3 (1) : 3 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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