Nealyda bifidella
Appearance
Nealyda bifidella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Nealyda |
Species: | N. bifidella
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Binomial name | |
Nealyda bifidella Dietz, 1900
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Nealyda bifidella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Dietz in 1900. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Colorado, California, Arizona and North Carolina.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 9.5 mm. The forewings are pale brown, tinged with golden and with a dark brown fascia at two-fifths, equidistant from the base at its costal and dorsal extremity, sharply defined externally and edged by a line of silvery white. Toward the base it passes gradually into the ground color of the wing. The extreme costa from the base to the fascia dark brown. There is a large costal patch of dark brown scales, beyond the middle. The hindwings are pale cinerous.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ funet.fi
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Ent. News 11 (2) : 351
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