Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Untomia | |
Untomia lunatella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Landry in 2010. It is found on the Galápagos Islands.
The length of the forewings is 3.3–4 mm for males and 2.9–4 mm for females. The basal third of the forewings is greyish brown, while the distal two-thirds are dark brown, with a small black-and-white spot in fold at one-third, with a pair of crescent-shaped ivory-white markings usually joined medially from the costa and dorsum at two-thirds. The hindwings are brown. Adults are on wing from February to May.
Etymology
The species name is derived from the shape of the white postmedian forewing markings, which resemble a pair of crescents usually touching each other along the midline of the wing.
References
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