Leistogenes
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| Genus: | Leistogenes Meyrick, 1927
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| Species: | L. rebellis
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| Leistogenes rebellis Meyrick, 1927
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Leistogenes is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Leistogenes rebellis, which is found in Peru.[1]
The wingspan is about 45 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous with a broad costal stripe of whitish suffusion from the base, becoming obsolete towards the apex. There is a blackish dot towards the costa near the base. The stigmata form cloudy spots of ferruginous-brown suffusion, the plical slightly before the first discal. The hindwings are pale greyish with an apical blotch of ochreous-whitish suffusion.[2]
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