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Nealyda neopisoniae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Nealyda

Nealyda neopisoniae is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Clarke in 1946. It is found in Cuba.

The wingspan is 6-8 mm. The extreme base of the forewings is blackish fuscous with minute white irrorations, while the remainder to one-third is pale fawn. From the basal third to the middle and again at the apical third are bands of dark golden brown separated by a fascia of pale fawn. In the center of this fascia is a blackish fuscous blotch with minute white irrorations and there is a blackish fuscous dorsal tuft at the center and the apical fourth of wing. The hindwings are very dark fuscous.

The larvae feed on Pisonia aculeata.

References

Nealyda neopisoniae Wikipedia