Dactylethrella tetrametra
| Dactylethrella tetrametra | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dactylethrella |
| Species: | D. tetrametra |
| Binomial name | |
| Dactylethrella tetrametra (Meyrick, 1913) | |
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Dactylethrella tetrametra is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga).[2]
The wingspan is 9-11 mm. The forewings are pale yellow-ochreous, irregularly suffused or marbled with whitish, sprinkled or finely irrorated with fuscous and with four short oblique black marks on the costa from one-fifth to two-third. There is a black dot towards the costa near the base and a blackish dot beneath the fold at one-fifth. The stigmata is small and black, with the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There is a small black dot above the dorsum before the tornus and there are several minute scattered black dots in the apical area. The hindwings are grey.[3]
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