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Dactylethrella globulata

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Dactylethrella globulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dactylethrella
Species:
D. globulata
Binomial name
Dactylethrella globulata
(Meyrick, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Dactylethra globulata Meyrick, 1910

Dactylethrella globulata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are whitish, tinged with brownish and sprinkled with dark fuscous and with three moderately large roundish fuscous spots in the disc at one-fourth, halfway and at two-thirds, sprinkled with darker, the first smaller and less marked. There is a suffused similar patch extending along the termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dactylethrella globulata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (March 16, 2019). "Dactylethrella globulata (Meyrick, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 20 (2): 461. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.