Telphusa melanozona
| Telphusa melanozona | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Telphusa |
| Species: | T. melanozona
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| Binomial name | |
| Telphusa melanozona Meyrick, 1913
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Telphusa melanozona is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in India (Bengal).[1]
The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish irrorated with light grey and with the base of the costa blackish. There is a moderately broad straight black transverse fascia at one-fourth and a minute black dot in the middle of the disc, as well as two black dots transversely placed in the disc at two-thirds, surrounded with whitish-ochreous, the upper forming the apex of a triangular blackish costal spot. The hindwings are light grey.
The larvae feed on Euphorbia neriifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]
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- ^ Exot. Microlep. 1 (3): 65
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