Biology:Gelechia resecta

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Short description: Species of moth

Gelechia resecta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gelechia
Species:
G. resecta
Binomial name
Gelechia resecta
Meyrick, 1913

Gelechia resecta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa .[1][2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are grey, sprinkled with whitish points and scattered blackish scales and with a black mark on the base of the costa, one along the base of the dorsum, and a small irregular spot between these. There is an irregular blotch of blackish suffusion in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata are rather large, suffused, black, the plical near before the first discal, the second discal edged with white posteriorly, touching a blotch of blackish irroration (sprinkles) on the costa beyond the middle, and a small tornal spot. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled in the disc and towards the base.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed (February 8, 2019). "Gelechia resecta Meyrick, 1913". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/gelechia/#resecta. Retrieved August 30, 2020. 
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Gelechia resecta Meyrick, 1913". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/GELERESE. Retrieved August 30, 2020. 
  3. Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3 (4): 288. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/203783#page/356/mode/1up.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13641045 entry