Telphusa translucida
Telphusa translucida is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mexico and the West Indies, where it has been recorded from St. Vincent and Dominica.[1]
Telphusa translucida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Telphusa |
Species: | T. translucida |
Binomial name | |
Telphusa translucida (Walsingham, [1892]) | |
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The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are deep brownish fuscous, with the extreme base subochreous and with a broad oblique fascia across the middle of the wing, subochreous mottled with brownish. There are a few subochreous spots about the costal and dorsal margins before the apex. The hindwings are semitransparent, iridescent greyish.[2]
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