Untomia melanobathra

Untomia melanobathra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Untomia
Species:	U. melanobathra
Binomial name
	Untomia melanobathra; Meyrick, 1918

Last updated March 30, 2022

Untomia melanobathra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Ecuador.^[1]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are dark grey, suffusedly sprinkled or mixed with whitish, sometimes much suffused with whitish and sprinkled with black. The stigmata are represented by elongate black marks, the plical obliquely before the first discal, an additional mark in the disc towards the base. The costa is more or less black on the postmedian area. There is a fine very oblique whitish line from three-fourths of the costa to the termen above the middle. The apical area beyond this is suffused with light brownish and there is a black mark along the apical part of the costa and an indistinct blackish dash before the termen in the middle. The hindwings are grey, in males suffused blackish towards the base.^[2]

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References

↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2015). "Untomia melanobathra Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
↑ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (5): 146. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2015). "Untomia melanobathra Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.

[2] Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (5): 146. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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