Biology:Athrips cretulata
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Short description: Species of moth
Athrips cretulata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Athrips |
Species: | A. cretulata
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Binomial name | |
Athrips cretulata (Meyrick, 1927)
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Athrips cretulata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in South Africa .[1][2]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are light grey, irregularly irrorated white, with some scattered dark grey or black scales. There is a white line along the fold to the middle of the wing, where the black scales sometimes form an undefined group. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[3]
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Wikidata ☰ Q13402800 entry
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