Stenovalva

Stenovalva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Stenovalva
Amsel, 1955
Species: S. disclusa
Binomial name
Stenovalva disclusa
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Telphusa disclusa Meyrick, 1923
  • Stenovalva ghorella Amsel, 1955

Stenovalva is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Stenovalva disclusa, which is found in Israel.[1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are grey confusedly speckled white and irregularly sprinkled blackish. There is a slender ochreous streak from the base above the middle to the costa beyond the middle, the posterior part suffused and hardly defined. A black dot is found on the lower edge of this at one-fourth of the wing and one in the middle of the disc (representing the first discal stigma). There is also a transverse mark of raised white and dark grey scales on the end of the cell, enlarged at the lower extremity. The hindwings are pale iridescent violet-grey.[2]

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