Biology:Gelechia flavipalpella

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Short description: Species of moth


Gelechia flavipalpella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gelechia
Species:
G. flavipalpella
Binomial name
Gelechia flavipalpella
Walsingham, 1881

Gelechia flavipalpella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa .[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are fuscous with a purplish tinge and with an almost obsolete darker fuscous spot beyond the end of the cell. The hindwings are cinereous.[2]

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881 (2) : 262 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13640923 entry