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Telphusa iosticta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Telphusa

Telphusa iosticta is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white with an elongate black spot on the base of the costa, and a dot at the base below it. There is a triangular blackish blotch occupying the median third of the costa and reaching the fold, the discal stigmata forming small ferruginous spots, the fiĀrst within and the second beyond its margin, an additional spot beneath the second. There is also a dark grey spot with the apex including a ferruginous mark, the costa and termen around it marked with large black dots. The hindwings are light grey.

References

Telphusa iosticta Wikipedia