Holophysis tentatella

Holophysis tentatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Holophysis
Species:	H. tentatella
Binomial name
	Holophysis tentatella; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Gelechia tentatella Walker, 1864;

Holophysis tentatella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.^[1]

Adults are cupreous, the forewings with a broad ochraceous middle band and six broad chalybeous (steel-blue) streaks, four of which are between the band and the base of the wing. The fifth intersects the exterior part of the band and extends to the interior angle and the sixth is in the submarginal disc. Two slender chalybeous lines extend obliquely from the costa and intersect the outer part of the band, and are accompanied by two shorter white lines.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Holophysis tentatella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 611

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Holophysis tentatella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 6, 2018.

[2] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 611

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