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Xystophora asthenodes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Xystophora

Xystophora asthenodes is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in north-western India.

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are pale grey closely irrorated pale ochreous. The stigmata are faint, cloudy, light grey, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. Sometimes, there is a faint shadowy darker band at two-thirds. The hindwings are grey.

References

Xystophora asthenodes Wikipedia