Biology:Gelechia dolbyi

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Short description: Species of moth

Gelechia dolbyi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gelechia
Species:
G. dolbyi
Binomial name
Gelechia dolbyi
(Walsingham, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Dichomeris dolbyi Walsingham, 1911

Gelechia dolbyi is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Panama.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark brown, with an oblique yellowish white band commencing on the costa at one-fifth from the base and attenuate outward and downward to a little beyond the fold. There is a costal spot of the same colour, with a few whitish scales about the tornus. The hindwings are greyish fuscous.[2]

References

  1. Gelechia at funet
  2. Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 98 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q22285222 entry