Biology:Telphusa nephelaspis
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Short description: Species of moth
| Telphusa nephelaspis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Telphusa |
| Species: | T. nephelaspis
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| Binomial name | |
| Telphusa nephelaspis Meyrick, 1926
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Telphusa nephelaspis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in north-western India .[1]
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are whitish sprinkled with dark grey and with a dark grey rounded patch extending over the dorsum from near the base to the middle and reaching three-fourths of the way across the wing, its upper edge including a blackish raised spot. The first discal stigma forms a very oblique black bar, the second a black dot and there are three irregular dark grey spots before the termen and apex. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled and translucent in the disc and towards the base.[2]
References
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- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (February 9, 2019). "Telphusa nephelaspis Meyrick, 1926". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/telphusa/#nephelaspis. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1926). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (9): 276.
Wikidata ☰ Q14467451 entry
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