Gnorimoschema dryosyrta

Gnorimoschema dryosyrta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Sikkim, India.[1]

Gnorimoschema dryosyrta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Gnorimoschema
Species:
G. dryosyrta
Binomial name
Gnorimoschema dryosyrta
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia dryosyrta Meyrick, 1931
  • Kiwaia dryosyrta (Meyrick, 1931)

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are brownish irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous, forming a confused mottling, the costa suffused with rather dark fuscous from the base to the stigmata, forming narrow elongate-oval dark fuscous spots, the discal approximated, the plical smaller, obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are grey, with the apical area darker.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (May 6, 2016). "Kiwaia dryosyrta (Meyrick, 1931)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (2-4): 58.


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