Untomia formularis

Untomia formularis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Colombia and Amazonas, Brazil.[1]

Untomia formularis
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U. formularis
Binomial name
Untomia formularis
Meyrick, 1929

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with an oblique white strigula from the costa at three-fourths, with beyond this a blackish streak along the costa to the apex. There is a whitish or brown-white edged elongate apical mark, and a slender irregular whitish terminal streak touching this but leaving a blackish dot beneath the apex, and a whitish tornal dot. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2015). "Untomia formularis Meyrick, 1929". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16): 503.


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