Blastovalva paltobola

Blastovalva paltobola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Blastovalva
Species:	B. paltobola
Binomial name
	Blastovalva paltobola; (Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
	Thiotricha paltobola Meyrick, 1921;

Blastovalva paltobola is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are shining white with the costal edge dark fuscous towards the base and with a very oblique elongate dark fuscous mark towards the dorsum before the middle. There is a dark fuscous line running from the disc beyond the middle to the apical patch, where it meets a similar shorter line from an irregular suffused spot on the tornus. A patch is found along the apical fourth of the costa, consisting of three oblique wedge-shaped dark brown spots separated by white strigulae, the second strigula limiting a blackish apical dot, and preceded by two minute linear black dots surrounded by pale ochreous before the termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

funet.fi
Afro Moths
Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 75 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

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[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 75 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine