Gelechia mimella
Appearance
Gelechia mimella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Gelechia |
Species: | G. mimella
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Binomial name | |
Gelechia mimella Clemens, 1860
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Gelechia mimella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Pennsylvania.[1][2]
The forewings are tawny brown, with an ochreous band near the tip, margined internally slightly with dark brown. Along the costa are a few dark brown spots and a few in the apical portion behind the ochreous band. The hindwings are dark brown.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Gelechia at funet
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 12 : 163 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.