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Telphusa alexandriacella

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Telphusa alexandriacella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Telphusa
Species:
T. alexandriacella
Binomial name
Telphusa alexandriacella
(Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Adrasteia alexandriacella Chambers, 1872

Telphusa alexandriacella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Kentucky.[1][2]

The forewings are grey, mottled with dark brown spots and with a few small white spots. An irregular white fascia, angulated in the middle towards the apex, crosses the wing at the beginning of the cilia. The apex is dark brown, with a row of small white spots around the base of the cilia, which themselves are pale luteous, dusted with dark brown. The hindwings pale fuscous.[3]

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