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Ornativalva levifrons

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ornativalva

Ornativalva levifrons 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 pale ochreous with brown markings. The lighter area is suffused with pink. The posterior half of the forewings is ochreous with a short, dark brown basal streak and a longer streak along the basal half of the fold, as well as a patch behind the middle of the fold and a patch near the end of the cell. Adults have been recorded on wing mid-June to the beginning of July.

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Ornativalva levifrons Wikipedia