Biology:Ficulea

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Short description: Genus of moths


Ficulea
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ficulea
Walker, 1864
Species:
F. blandulella
Binomial name
Ficulea blandulella
Walker, 1864

Ficulea is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Ficulea blandulella, which is found in Sri Lanka and southern India .[1][2]

Adults are luteous, the forewings with two dark cupreous-brown slightly silvery bordered bands. The first band very much dilated hindward and the second marginal, dentate on its inner side, nearly connected with the second on the interior border.[3]

References

  1. funet.fi
  2. Natural History Museum; Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (2023). Ficulea - Butterflies and Moths of the World. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=11703.0&&. Retrieved 24 December 2021. 
  3. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 29: 795 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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