Telphusa semiusta

Telphusa semiusta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Shanghai, China.[1]

Telphusa semiusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Telphusa
Species:	T. semiusta
Binomial name
Telphusa semiusta Meyrick, 1922

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a small black spot in the disc at one-fifth and three pairs of obscure blackish dots in the disc with brownish scale tufts adjoining them posteriorly, the first two pairs with the upper posterior, the third transversely placed on the end of the cell. There is a marginal series of spots of brown suffusion around the posterior fourth of the costa and termen, as well as an indistinct angulated transverse line of whitish sprinkles at three-fourths, with an interrupted longitudinal line of black scales passing through its angle. The hindwings are grey, paler and thinly scaled anteriorly.[2]

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2019). "Telphusa semiusta Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
2. Meyrick, Edward (1922). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (16): 500.