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Neotelphusa limenaea

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Neotelphusa limenaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Neotelphusa
Species:
N. limenaea
Binomial name
Neotelphusa limenaea
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Telphusa limenaea Meyrick, 1920

Neotelphusa limenaea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark grey, with the tips of the scales very finely whitish and the extreme base mixed with black. There is a broad white antemedian fascia edged with blackish anteriorly and preceded by a brown subcostal mark, its posterior half not reaching the costa and marked with a black subcostal dot in an indentation, its posterior margin followed by a brown transverse spot in the disc, opposite white costal and tornal spots at three-fourths, their anterior angles connected by a black mark, above and beneath which is some brownish suffusion. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 3, 2018). "Neotelphusa limenaea (Meyrick, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Neotelphusa limenaea (Meyrick, 1920)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  3. ^ Annals of the South African Museum. 17 (4): 282. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.