Biology:Beltheca picolella

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Short description: Species of moth

Beltheca picolella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Beltheca
Species:
B. picolella
Binomial name
Beltheca picolella
Busck, 1914
Synonyms
  • Anterethista heteractis Meyrick, 1914

Beltheca picolella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama, Guyana, Brazil and Peru.[1]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are blackish brown with a thin outwardly oblique white streaklet just beyond the middle of the costa and with two triangular white dashes just before the apex. There are a few scattered white scales at the end of the cell and on the fold. The hindwings are blackish fuscous with a bluish cast.[2]

References

  1. "Beltheca Busck, 1914" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 5 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13437271 entry