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Gelechia hetaeria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Gelechia

Gelechia hetaeria is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Mexico (Veracruz).

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are rosy greyish fuscous, a black spot at the base of the costa and three elongate black spots, somewhat ill-defined, along the discal cell, with a small one beyond the end of the cell and a few black marginal spots around the apex. The hindwings are pale leaden grey.

References

Gelechia hetaeria Wikipedia