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Teleiopsis lunariella

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Teleiopsis lunariella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Teleiopsis
Species:
T. lunariella
Binomial name
Teleiopsis lunariella
Synonyms
  • Gelechia lunariella Walsingham, 1908

Teleiopsis lunariella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on the Canary Islands.

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are cinereous (ash-grey) to rosy reddish, sprinkled and suffused with tawny grey and black scaling. The hindwings are tawny grey with a rosy tinge.[2]

The larvae feed on Rumex lunaria. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]

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