Telphusa xyloptera

Telphusa xyloptera is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. It is found in Uganda.[1][2]

Telphusa xyloptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Telphusa
Species:	T. xyloptera
Binomial name
Telphusa xyloptera Meyrick, 1932

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, irregularly suffused with reddish brown and sprinkled with dark grey. The markings are suffused with dark fuscous, sprinkled with blackish. There is a small spot on the base of the costa, and a very oblique pointed fasciate streak from the costa near the base to the fold. An ill-defined subtriangular costal patch extends from about one-fourth to two-thirds and reaches halfway across the wing. There is an irregular streak from the dorsum before the tornus along the termen to the apex, widest at the apex. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2019). "Telphusa xyloptera Meyrick, 1932". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Telphusa xyloptera Meyrick, 1932". Afromoths. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4: 350.