Gelechia diacmota

(Gelechia diacmota)

Description

Gelechia diacmota is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Brazil. The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are blackish with a straight narrow white subbasal fascia and a triangular white spot on the costa at three-fourths, and a narrow rather inwards-oblique transverse spot from the tornus reaching half across the wing and emitting from the apex two slender projections, the posterior touching the costal spot. There is also a white apical dot. The hindwings are rather dark grey, lighter anteriorly.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gelechiidae
Genus:Gelechia
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