Telphusa iosticta

Telphusa iosticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Telphusa
Species: T. iosticta
Binomial name
Telphusa iosticta
Meyrick, 1937

Telphusa iosticta is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in South Africa.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white with an elongate black spot on the base of the costa, and a dot at the base below it. There is a triangular blackish blotch occupying the median third of the costa and reaching the fold, the discal stigmata forming small ferruginous spots, the first within and the second beyond its margin, an additional spot beneath the second. There is also a dark grey spot with the apex including a ferruginous mark, the costa and termen around it marked with large black dots. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

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