Gelechia epistolica

(Gelechia epistolica)

Description

Gelechia epistolica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Tibet. The wingspan is 22–23 mm. The forewings are light grey, irregularly irrorated grey-whitish and darker grey and with a small elongate blackish spot on the base of the costa. The discal stigmata are represented by dark grey spots, the first oblique-triangular, the second transverse. There are small irregular spots of blackish irroration around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey.

Taxonomic tree:

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