Gelechia suspensa

Gelechia suspensa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[1]

Gelechia suspensa
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G. suspensa
Binomial name
Gelechia suspensa
Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are blackish with a somewhat oblique white fasciate blotch from the costa at one-fourth reaching two-thirds of the way across the wing and a somewhat pentagonal white spot on the costa at three-fourths reaching halfway across wing, and a minute white dot on the tornus opposite. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Gelechia suspensa Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 19.


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