Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Gnorimoschema | |
Gnorimoschema jalavai is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in southern Russia (Altai Krai, Tuva, Irkutsk Oblast, Buryatia, Zabaykalsky Krai) and the Chukotka Peninsula in the north-eastern Russian Far East. It was recently reported from Canada (Yukon).
The forewings are dark brown with a pair of large subterminal white spots that nearly touch and appear to form an interrupted band.
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