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Gelechia fecunda

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Gelechia

Gelechia fecunda is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are yellow-ochreous and the costa finely dotted with black from the base to a triangular cloudy blackish spot at two-thirds a triangular spot of blackish-grey irroration on the dorsum before the tornus, slightly before the costal spot. There is a small black dot representing the plical stigma. There are some scattered blackish scales towards the apex, and several undefined marginal dots of blackish irroration around the apex and termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey.

References

Gelechia fecunda Wikipedia