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Psamathocrita doloma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Psamathocrita

Psamathocrita doloma is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Bradley in 1965. It is found in Uganda.

The wingspan is 7-9 mm. The forewings are yellowish brown suffused with dark greyish. The markings are diffuse and obscure and consist of blackish sepia, mixed with plumbeous. There is a small black dot of raised scales above the tornus confluent with a smaller whitish patch basad. The hindwings are grey.

References

Psamathocrita doloma Wikipedia