Stenolechia orsicoma

Stenolechia orsicoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Stenolechia
Species: S. orsicoma
Binomial name
Stenolechia orsicoma
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Recurvaria orsicoma Meyrick, 1918

Stenolechia orsicoma is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in southern India and Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 11-12 mm. The forewings are white, irregularly irrorated ochreous or ochreous-fuscous, tending to form suffused spots beneath dark markings. The markings are blackish, with elongate spots on the costa towards the base, before the middle, and at two-thirds, as well as a dot above the dorsum near the base and small dots above and below the fold at one-fourth. There is an elongate mark in the middle of the disc, and a linear dot on the fold somewhat before it. There is also a suffused spot on the tornus, a narrow elongate spot or short streak in the disc at five-sixths and two dots on the costa posteriorly and one at the apex, sometimes little marked. The hindwings are pale grey, paler and bluish-tinged in the disc.[2]

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