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Telphusa melanozona

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Telphusa melanozona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Telphusa
Species:
T. melanozona
Binomial name
Telphusa melanozona
Meyrick, 1913

Telphusa melanozona is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in India (Bengal).[1]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish irrorated with light grey and with the base of the costa blackish. There is a moderately broad straight black transverse fascia at one-fourth and a minute black dot in the middle of the disc, as well as two black dots transversely placed in the disc at two-thirds, surrounded with whitish-ochreous, the upper forming the apex of a triangular blackish costal spot. The hindwings are light grey.

The larvae feed on Euphorbia neriifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Telphusa at funet
  2. ^ Exot. Microlep. 1 (3): 65 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.