Palumbina nesoclera
Palumbina nesoclera is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in India's Andaman Islands.[1]
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The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are rather dark grey with the costal edge white from the base to four-fifths, beneath this a small basal patch of irregular whitish markings. There is a cloudy whitish spot from the costa at one-third reaching halfway across the wing, and two triangular whitish dots transversely placed at two-thirds, the lower rather anterior. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled in the disc.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (June 3, 2018). "Palumbina nesoclera (Meyrick, 1929)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16): 499.
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