Tecia venosa

Tecia venosa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883. It is found in Argentina, Chile and Colombia.[1]

Tecia venosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Tecia
Species:
T. venosa
Binomial name
Tecia venosa
(Butler, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Topeutis venosa Butler, 1883
  • Tecia mendozella Kieffer & Jörgensen, 1910
  • Scrobipalpopsis (Scrobischema) vergarai Povolný, 1980
  • Tecia mendozella Strand, 1911
  • Holcocera baccharisella Brèthes, 1917

The length of the forewings is 9.5–13 mm. The forewings are pale cinereous with numerous longitudinal whitish vein-like striations. The costal and dorsal margin are shaded similarly as the apex in which the darker marginal spots are poorly visible or just indicated. The hindwings are paler near the base than apically where it is deeper grey, especially along the veins.

The larvae feed on Baccharis macrantha.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Tecia Kieffer & Jörgensen, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  2. "Digital Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic". INCAD. Retrieved 12 June 2016.


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