Altenia mersinella

Altenia mersinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Altenia
Species:	A. mersinella
Binomial name
	Altenia mersinella; (Staudinger, 1879)
Synonyms
	Teleia mersinella Staudinger, 1879; Gelechia praedicta Meyrick, 1923; Stenolechia sagittella Caradja, 1920; Telphusa tribolopis Meyrick, 1927; Telphusa melanostictella Ragonot, 1895;

Altenia mersinella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on Cyprus^[1] and in Turkey, Syria and the Palestinian Territories.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white, partially freckled greyish-ochreous with black markings. There is an elongate spot on the costa at the base, a semi-fusiform spot before the middle, and a semi-oval spot beyond the middle. There are trifurcate marks in disc at one-third and two-thirds, the second connected with third the costal spot. There are a few blackish specks around the apical margin. The hindwings are grey-whitish.^[2]

References

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Exot. Microlep. 3 (11): 344

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