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Telphusa iriditis

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Telphusa iriditis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Telphusa
Species:
T. iriditis
Binomial name
Telphusa iriditis
Meyrick, 1920

Telphusa iriditis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Namibia.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are purplish-grey speckled with black, with iridescent green reflections and with three small spots of black irroration on the costa at one-sixth, one-third, and the middle, each with a small brownish-ochreous spot adjacent beneath, some whitish irroration between these extending obliquely towards the disc. There is a black oblique mark in the disc beneath the first of these, and a black longitudinal spot beneath the second. Three small brownish-ochreous tufts are found towards the dorsum from one-third to before the tornus and there is a small brownish-ochreous spot in the middle of the disc and another at two-thirds. There is also a transverse black spot in the disc towards the apex, preceded by two brownish-ochreous dots transversely placed. Three brownish-ochreous dots are found on the costa and two on the termen towards the apex, separated with black and with a more distinct small black spot at the apex. The hindwings are light grey thinly scaled towards the base, with the margins and veins suffused with darker grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Telphusa at funet
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 17 (4): 282 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.