Altenia mersinella

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

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

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]

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