Gelechia lactiflora

Gelechia lactiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Gelechia
Species:	G. lactiflora
Binomial name
	Gelechia lactiflora; Meyrick, 1921

Gelechia lactiflora is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Mozambique.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are ochreous white with a black basal fascia occupying about one-sixth of the wing, confluent towards the costa with an oblique black fasciate patch from the costa, extending on the costa to two-fifths, and reaching two-thirds of the way across the wing. There is a transverse trapezoidal black blotch from the costa beyond the middle, widest beneath and connected with the preceding in the disc, the lower posterior angle projecting as a lobe nearly to the tornus and with a few blackish scales along the costa between this and the preceding. There are one or two black scales at the apex. The hindwings are whitish grey.[3]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Gelechia lactiflora Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Gelechia lactiflora Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 71 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Gelechia lactiflora Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 29, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Gelechia lactiflora Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 29, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 71 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.