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Ornativalva frontella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ornativalva

Ornativalva frontella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Sattler in 1976. It is found in Mongolia.

The wingspan is 6-7 mm. The anterior half of the forewings is suffused with pink and the costa lined with brown scales. There are black longitudinal markings lined anteriorly with white, separated by a white patch in the middle of the cell. The markings gradually become lighter towards the fold and the inner margin is light brown up to the fold, sometimes suffused with pink, and with a distinct dark basal streak. Adults have been recorded on wing in June and July.

The host plant is unknown, but might be a Tamarix species.

References

Ornativalva frontella Wikipedia