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]

References

1. Telphusa at funet
2. Exotic Microlep. 5: 92