Telphusa nephelaspis

Telphusa nephelaspis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in north-western India.[1]

Telphusa nephelaspis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Telphusa
Species:
T. nephelaspis
Binomial name
Telphusa nephelaspis
Meyrick, 1926

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are whitish sprinkled with dark grey and with a dark grey rounded patch extending over the dorsum from near the base to the middle and reaching three-fourths of the way 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 translucent in the disc and towards the base.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2019). "Telphusa nephelaspis Meyrick, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1926). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (9): 276. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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