Stenolechia trichaspis
Stenolechia trichaspis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Kashmir and Sri Lanka.[1]
| Stenolechia trichaspis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Stenolechia |
| Species: | S. trichaspis |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenolechia trichaspis (Meyrick, 1918) | |
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The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are white irregularly irrorated fuscous and with the markings blackish-fuscous. There are elongate spots on the costa towards the base, before the middle, and at two-thirds, as well as a small spot beneath the fold near the base. There are suffused spots representing the stigmata, the plical beneath the first discal. There is also a suffused spot on the tornus and one at the apex, as well as a cloudy blackish dot in the disc towards the apex. The hindwings are pale bluish-grey.[2]
References
- Stenolechia at funet
- Exotic Microlep. 2 (5): 131
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