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Sophronia aquilex

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Sophronia aquilex
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S. aquilex
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Sophronia aquilex
Meyrick, 1926

Sophronia aquilex is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1926. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous with a broad white costal streak from the base to five-sixths, pointed posteriorly and having a slender streak of blackish irroration along the upper edge from two-fifths of the costa to its extremity, the lower edge also margined with scattered blackish scales. There is a moderate white dorsal streak from the base to the tornus, the apex suffused. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[3]

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