Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Symmetrischema | |
Symmetrischema lectulifera is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded Texas.
The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous partially tinged or suffused light greyish-ochreous and with the costal edge tinged blackish at the base. There is an elongate blackish costal patch from one-fifth to three-fourths, not reaching quite half across the wing, the anterior edge oblique, its lower edge with black marks before and beyond the middle, edged beneath with small greyish-ochreous spots representing the discal stigmata, the posterior edge somewhat shorter and direct. The plical stigma is indistinct, greyish-ochreous, and rather before the first discal and there is an indistinct whitish slightly bent transverse line at three-fourths, with beyond this a slender black streak running to the apex, interrupted before the apex. The hindwings are grey, in the disc lighter and bluish-tinged, on the costal area and terminal edge darker grey.