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Lacharissa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Species
  
L. tanyzancla

Lacharissa is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Lacharissa tanyzancla, which is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is about 38 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous with some scattered dark fuscous scales. The stigmata are small and blackish, with the discal widely remote, the plical directly beneath the first discal. The hindwings are light grey.

References

Lacharissa Wikipedia