Commatica metochra

Commatica metochra is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana and Peru.[1]

Commatica metochra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Commatica
Species:
C. metochra
Binomial name
Commatica metochra
Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are brownish ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous and with a dark fuscous streak along the costa from the base to the subterminal line. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical obliquely before the first discal, the second discal usually obsolete. There is a straight direct ochreous-white subterminal line from three-fourths of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, edged anteriorly with dark fuscous suffusion. The apical area beyond this is yellow ochreous, mixed with whitish between the veins, and towards the margin with some black specks sometimes forming short dashes. There are also three or four black marginal dots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (February 12, 2015). "Commatica metochra Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 238.


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