Xystophora defixa
| Xystophora defixa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Xystophora |
| Species: | X. defixa |
| Binomial name | |
| Xystophora defixa (Meyrick, 1929) | |
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Xystophora defixa is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in southern India.[1]
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are ochreous-grey-whitish with a small spot of dark grey irroration on the base of the costa. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the discal moderately large, the plical small, rather obliquely before the first discal. There is some slight greyish suffusion on the tornus and on the costa opposite. The hindwings are grey.[2]
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