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Plocamosaris telegraphella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Plocamosaris

Plocamosaris telegraphella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1866. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).

Adults are dull reddish, the forewings with a paler red costal stripe and with a silvery white subcostal line extending along nearly half the length from the tip. There is a deep black costal line in front of the subcostal line, obliquely intersected by four little silvery white streaks.

References

Plocamosaris telegraphella Wikipedia