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Stenolechia squamifera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Stenolechia

Stenolechia squamifera is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Japan (Kyushu, Tsushima Island).

The length of the forewings is 3,5-4.2 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, speckled with fuscous, and with dark fuscous markings, consisting of three large blackish spots on the costa, two large blackish spots beneath the base of the fold and above the distal end of the fold, two small blackish spots on the fold, and three small blackish spots on the discal area. There are also four obscure fulvous spots in the basal two-thirds on the discal area.

References

Stenolechia squamifera Wikipedia


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