Onebala blandiella
Onebala blandiella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka,[2] India and Myanmar.[3]
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Adults are fawn coloured with a slight cinereous (ash-grey) tinge, the forewings with slight metallic-green reflections and a large oblong dark brown cinereous-bordered spot in the disc before the middle, as well as a very large exterior triangular dark brown cinereous-bordered spot, which has its base on the costa and extends to the interior border. The hindwings are slightly gilded.[4]
The larvae roll the leaves of Lamium species.
References
- Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- Savela, Markku. "Onebala blandiella Walker, 1864". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- Fletcher, T. Bainbrigge, ed. (1889). Report of the Proceedings of the Third Entomological Meeting. 3. p. 844 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 792
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