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Leuronoma chlorotoma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Leuronoma

Leuronoma chlorotoma is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are rosy-brown, somewhat mixed irregularly with grey and towards the dorsum suffused with grey, all veins except towards the dorsum marked with slender rather irregular whitish-ochreous lines. The plical stigma is cloudy and blackish. The hindwings are light slaty-grey.

References

Leuronoma chlorotoma Wikipedia