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Utilia falcata

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Utilia falcata
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U. falcata
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Utilia falcata
J. F. G. Clarke, 1978

Utilia falcata is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile.[1]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are pale ocheraceous buff. Well inside the termen there is a line of four tiny, ill-defined, single brownish scales and there is a single brownish scale at the basal two-fifths in the cell and on the fold a similar mark. The hindwings are ocherous white.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Utilia falcata Clarke, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  2. ^ J. F. Gates Clarke (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 51. Retrieved 15 December 2017.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.