Trachyedra

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Trachyedra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Tribe: Pexicopiini
Genus: Trachyedra
Meyrick, 1929
Species:
T. xylomorpha
Binomial name
Trachyedra xylomorpha
Meyrick, 1929

Trachyedra is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Trachyedra xylomorpha, which is found in India. [1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are light brownish with a faint reddish tinge, some scattered fuscous scales. The anterior half of the costa is irregularly strigulated with dark fuscous irroration. There are minute black dots in the disc near the base, at one-fourth, and two-thirds. The disc is strewn with irregular rough scales and there is an irregular dark fuscous and blackish blotch including raised scales in the disc before the middle, a projection at the lower angle indicating the plical stigma. There is a suffused dark fuscous and blackish spot on the costa about two-thirds and there are some dark fuscous scales on the costa before the apex. The hindwings are grey. [2]

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