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Gelechia anthracopa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Gelechia

Gelechia anthracopa is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in China (Shanghai).

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are whitish, irregularly sprinkled grey and dark grey with small blackish spots on the base of the costa and dorsum. There is a black dot above the fold at one-fifth. The stigmata form black spots, the plical beneath the first discal, the second discal transverse. There is a pre-marginal series of large blackish dots around the posterior half of the costa and termen to before the tornus. The hindwings are light grey, towards the base paler or whitish.

References

Gelechia anthracopa Wikipedia