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Keiferia chloroneura

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Keiferia

Keiferia chloroneura is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, more or less suffusedly mixed brownish or fuscous between the veins, which appear as pale lines. There are some scattered black scales and the plical and second discal stigmata are black. The hindwings are pale grey.

References

Keiferia chloroneura Wikipedia