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Gelechia hetaeria

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Gelechia hetaeria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gelechia
Species:
G. hetaeria
Binomial name
Gelechia hetaeria

Gelechia hetaeria is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mexico (Veracruz).[1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are rosy greyish fuscous, a black spot at the base of the costa and three elongate black spots, somewhat ill-defined, along the discal cell, with a small one beyond the end of the cell and a few black marginal spots around the apex. The hindwings are pale leaden grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Gelechia at funet
  2. ^ Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 68 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.