Onebala blandiella

(Onebala blandiella)

Description

Onebala blandiella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka, India and Myanmar. Adults are fawn coloured with a slight cinereous (ash-grey) tinge, the forewings with slight metallic-green reflections and a large oblong dark brown cinereous-bordered spot in the disc before the middle, as well as a very large exterior triangular dark brown cinereous-bordered spot, which has its base on the costa and extends to the interior border. The hindwings are slightly gilded. The larvae roll the leaves of Lamium species.

Taxonomic tree:

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