Sitotroga horogramma

Sitotroga horogramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Sitotroga
Species: S. horogramma
Binomial name
Sitotroga horogramma
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Nesolechia horogramma Meyrick, 1921
  • Chelaria asemodes Meyrick, 1938

Sitotroga horogramma is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found on Fiji and in Papua New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are pale yellow-ochreous with a narrow dark fuscous streak along the costa from the base, becoming suffused towards the apex and continued around the termen to near the tornus. The plical and second discal stigmata are dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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