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Gelechia suspensa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Gelechia

Gelechia suspensa is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are blackish with a somewhat oblique white fasciate blotch from the costa at one-fourth reaching two-thirds across the wing and a somewhat pentagonal white spot on the costa at three-fourths reaching half across wing, and a minute white dot on the tornus opposite. The hindwings are dark grey.

References

Gelechia suspensa Wikipedia