Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Palumbina | |
Palumbina longipalpis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Bradley in 1961. It is found on Guadalcanal.
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are shaded with tilleul-buff, with vinaceous-buff, obscure markings. There are rather inwardly-oblique broad fasciae near the base, in the middle, and towards the apex. The apex is suffused with dark fuscous. The hindwings are whitish suffused with fuscous.
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