Sitotroga horogramma
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Sitotroga |
Species: | S. horogramma
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Binomial name | |
Sitotroga horogramma (Meyrick, 1921)
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Sitotroga horogramma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found on Fiji and in Papua New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are pale yellow ochreous with a narrow dark fuscous streak along the costa from the base, becoming suffused towards the apex and continued around the termen to near the tornus. The plical and second discal stigmata are dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Sitotroga horogramma (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (14): 425.
- ^ Illustration in: Meyrick's Types of Microlepidoptera, Vol.7
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