Telphusa syndelta

Telphusa syndelta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Telphusa
Species:	T. syndelta
Binomial name
	Telphusa syndelta; Meyrick, 1921
Synonyms
	Nothris deltocrates Meyrick, 1927;

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

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are ochreous white and the markings black, with a slight purplish tinge. There are two large triangular dorsal blotches, connected on the dorsum, occupying the whole dorsum except the base, the first reaching two-thirds of the way across the wing and just touching a triangular spot on the costa at one-fourth, the second reaching more than halfway across the wing. There is a semi-oval spot on the costa beyond the middle, a minute strigula before this, and a very small spot at three-fourths, as well as an oblong blotch extending along the termen to the costa and just touching the second dorsal blotch at the tornus. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled and subhyaline (almost glass like) anteriorly, darker suffused towards the termen.[3]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2019). "Telphusa syndelta Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Telphusa syndelta 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): 69 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2019). "Telphusa syndelta Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 11, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Telphusa syndelta 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): 69 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.