Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Prolita | |
Prolita rectistrigella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Barnes and Busck in 1920. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Washington and Alberta.
The wingspan is 17-20.5 mm. There are streaks of grey white between brown on the veins of the forewings and the outer margin has dark brown at the ends of the veins. The scales of the cilia are grey white, the apex of each scale pale brown. The hindwings are fuscous.
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