Neotelphusa melicentra

Neotelphusa melicentra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Mozambique.[1][2]

Neotelphusa melicentra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Neotelphusa
Species:
N. melicentra
Binomial name
Neotelphusa melicentra
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia melicentra Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is about 7 mm for males and 8 mm for females. The forewings are white speckled with dark grey and with a line of blackish-grey irroration (sprinkles) along the costa from the base to two-fifths, and a short similar mark beyond the middle. There are pale yellowish dots accompanied with a few blackish scales as follows, one towards the costa at one-fifth, one beneath the fold slightly beyond this, one nearer the costa at two-fifths, and three representing the stigmata, the first discal about the middle, the plical nearly beneath it and a small dorsal spot of black irroration beneath the second discal. There is some grey suffusion and scattered black irroration towards the apex. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 3, 2018). "Neotelphusa melicentra (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Neotelphusa melicentra (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 71 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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