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Untomia acicularis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Untomia

Untomia acicularis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Ecuador.

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, more or less irrorated whitish. The stigmata are cloudy and blackish, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is a rather shortfine oblique white striga from the costa at three-fourths and a black marginal line around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey.

References

Untomia acicularis Wikipedia