Biology:Scindalmota
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Short description: Genus of moths
| Scindalmota | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Tribe: | Anacampsini |
| Genus: | Scindalmota Turner, 1919 |
| Species: | S. limata
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| Binomial name | |
| Scindalmota limata Turner, 1919
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Scindalmota is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Scindalmota limata, which is found in Australia , where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are whitish mostly suffused with whitish-ochreous and with a large central brownish spot partly outlined by blackish scales, connected with the dorsum before the tornus. There is a brownish dot on the costa just beyond the middle and a brownish fascia partly outlined by blackish scales from two-thirds of the costa to the tornus, constricted towards the tornus. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]
References
- ↑ funet.fi
- ↑ Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10) : 122
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Wikidata ☰ Q7433919 entry
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