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Symmetrischema conifera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Symmetrischema

Symmetrischema conifera is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Ecuador.

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous suffusedly irrorated with ochreous-grey, the dorsal half irregularly sprinkled with dark grey and with an elongate-triangular blackish blotch extending on the costa from one-fourth to three-fourths, the anterior side less than the half posterior, the apex reaching the fold, the posterior side excavated in the middle. There is also a short blackish apical streak. The hindwings are grey.

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Symmetrischema conifera Wikipedia