Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Altenia | |
Altenia mersinella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found on Cyprus and in Turkey, Syria and the Palestinian Territories.
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.
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