Telphusa iosticta

Telphusa iosticta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in South Africa.[1]

Telphusa iosticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Telphusa
Species:
T. iosticta
Binomial name
Telphusa iosticta
Meyrick, 1937

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white with an elongate black spot on the base of the costa, and a dot at the base below it. There is a triangular blackish blotch occupying the median third of the costa and reaching the fold, the discal stigmata forming small ferruginous spots, the first within and the second beyond its margin, an additional spot beneath the second. There is also a dark grey spot with the apex including a ferruginous mark, the costa and termen around it marked with large black dots. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

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