Tritadelpha

Tritadelpha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Subfamily:	Gelechiinae
Genus:	Tritadelpha ; Meyrick, 1904
Species:	T. microptila
Binomial name
	Tritadelpha microptila; Meyrick, 1904

Last updated December 07, 2023

Tritadelpha is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Tritadelpha microptila, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.^[1]

The wingspan is 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in). The forewings are white, more or less irrorated with brown or dark fuscous on the posterior half and with two short very oblique dark fuscous marks from the costa before and beyond the middle, and a third at three-fourths stronger and continued to the apex. There is a fuscous blotch, suffused with dark fuscous on the fold and towards the dorsum, extending along the dorsum from the base to near the tornus, broadest in the middle and reaching half across the wing, irregularly narrowed to a point posteriorly. There is some irregular dark fuscous suffusion above the tornus. The hindwings are pale grey, darker posteriorly.^[2]

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References

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↑ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 323. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.20163 . Retrieved 17 June 2020– via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[2] Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 323. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.20163 . Retrieved 17 June 2020– via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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