Telphusa quinquedentata
Telphusa quinquedentata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero).[1]
Telphusa quinquedentata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Telphusa |
Species: | T. quinquedentata |
Binomial name | |
Telphusa quinquedentata (Walsingham, 1911) | |
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The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are stone-grey, dusted and spotted with greyish fuscous and with four or five spots on the basal third, one at the extreme base of the costa, one on the dorsum at one-fourth, the first margined beneath by whitish scaling. A spot is found at the end of the cell, and one below and beyond it above the extremity of the fold. There are five tooth-like costal spots before the apex, with whitish scaling between them, and a whitish mark below them pointing to the apex. The hindwings are brownish grey.[2]
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