Beltheca picolella
| Beltheca picolella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Beltheca |
| Species: | B. picolella
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| Binomial name | |
| Beltheca picolella Busck, 1914
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Beltheca picolella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama, Guyana, Brazil and Peru.[1]
The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are blackish brown with a thin outwardly oblique white streaklet just beyond the middle of the costa and with two triangular white dashes just before the apex. There are a few scattered white scales at the end of the cell and on the fold. The hindwings are blackish fuscous with a bluish cast.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Beltheca Busck, 1914" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 5
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