Ficulea

Ficulea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Ficulea; Walker, 1864
Species:	F. blandulella
Binomial name
	Ficulea blandulella; Walker, 1864

Ficulea is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Ficulea blandulella, which is found in Sri Lanka and southern India.^[1]^[2]

Adults are luteous, the forewings with two dark cupreous-brown slightly silvery bordered bands. The first band very much dilated hindward and the second marginal, dentate on its inner side, nearly connected with the second on the interior border.^[3]

References

^ funet.fi
^ Natural History Museum; Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Ficulea - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 29: 795 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[2] Natural History Museum; Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Ficulea - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[3] List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 29: 795 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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