Altenia mersinella
Altenia mersinella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on Cyprus[1] and in Turkey, Syria and the Palestinian Territories.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Altenia |
| Species: | A. mersinella |
| Binomial name | |
| Altenia mersinella (Staudinger, 1879) | |
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The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white, partially freckled greyish-ochreous with black markings. There is an elongate spot on the costa at the base, a semi-fusiform spot before the middle, and a semi-oval spot beyond the middle. There are trifurcate marks in disc at one-third and two-thirds, the second connected with third the costal spot. There are a few blackish specks around the apical margin. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[2]
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