Telphusa objecta

Telphusa objecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Telphusa
Species:	T. objecta
Binomial name
	Telphusa objecta; Meyrick, 1921

Telphusa objecta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are brown irregularly and suffusedly mixed with dark fuscous, the anterior half irregularly marked with dark fuscous and with an irregular transverse suffused ochreous-whitish blotch from the middle of the costa, almost reaching an irregular triangular ochreous-white blotch on the dorsum opposite. There are irregular ochreous-white opposite spots on the costa at three-fourths and the tornus and there are irregular undefined white marginal dots around the apex. The hindwings are rather dark grey, lighter anteriorly.[3]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2019). "Telphusa calathaea Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Tricerophora objecta (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 70 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2019). "Telphusa calathaea Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Tricerophora objecta (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 11, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 70 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.