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Telphusa nephelaspis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Telphusa

Telphusa nephelaspis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in north-western India.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are whitish irrorated dark grey and with a dark grey rounded patch extending over the dorsum from near the base to the middle and reaching three-fourth across the wing, its upper edge including a blackish raised spot. The first discal stigma forms a very oblique black bar, the second a black dot and there are three irregular dark grey spots before the termen and apex. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled and pellucid in the disc and towards the base.

References

Telphusa nephelaspis Wikipedia


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