Biology:Gelechia resecta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Gelechia |
| Species: | G. resecta
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| Binomial name | |
| Gelechia resecta Meyrick, 1913
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Gelechia resecta Meyrick, 1913". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/GELERESE. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ↑ 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.
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Wikidata ☰ Q13641045 entry
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