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Gelechia mundata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Gelechia

Gelechia mundata is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Mexico.

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are bluish-grey sprinkled dark grey and with a small blackish spot on the base of the costa, and a black linear subcostal dot beyond this. The first discal and plical stigmata form indistinct blackish-grey elongate marks, nearly opposite and a few scattered black scales towards the costa posteriorly. The hindwings are pale bluish-grey.

References

Gelechia mundata Wikipedia