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Ophiolechia ophiomorpha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ophiolechia

Ophiolechia ophiomorpha is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1935. It is found in Argentina.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are fuscous, rosy-tinged towards the base and with a fine black very oblique line crossing the fold from near the base to one-fourth. There is a blackish streak, suffused above and partially reddish-tinged in the disc, from the costa at one-sixth to fold at one-third of the wing, then angulated upwards to the middle of the disc, forming an arch edged whitish beneath, then continued straight through the middle of the disc to the apex. The hindwings are slaty grey.

References

Ophiolechia ophiomorpha Wikipedia