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Telphusa quinquedentata

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Telphusa quinquedentata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Telphusa
Species:
T. quinquedentata
Binomial name
Telphusa quinquedentata
(Walsingham, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia quinquedentata Walsingham, 1911

Telphusa quinquedentata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero).[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are stone-grey, dusted and spotted with greyish fuscous and with four or five spots on the basal third, one at the extreme base of the costa, one on the dorsum at one-fourth, the first margined beneath by whitish scaling. A spot is found at the end of the cell, and one below and beyond it above the extremity of the fold. There are five tooth-like costal spots before the apex, with whitish scaling between them, and a whitish mark below them pointing to the apex. The hindwings are brownish grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Telphusa at funet
  2. ^ Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 63 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.