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Sitotroga horogramma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Sitotroga

Sitotroga horogramma is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found on Fiji and in Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are pale yellow-ochreous with a narrow dark fuscous streak along the costa from the base, becoming suffused towards the apex and continued around the termen to near the tornus. The plical and second discal stigmata are dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey.

References

Sitotroga horogramma Wikipedia