Gelechia resecta
Gelechia resecta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
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The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are grey, sprinkled with whitish points and scattered blackish scales and with a black mark on the base of the costa, one along the base of the dorsum, and a small irregular spot between these. There is an irregular blotch of blackish suffusion in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata are rather large, suffused, black, the plical near before the first discal, the second discal edged with white posteriorly, touching a blotch of blackish irroration on the costa beyond the middle, and a small tornal spot. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled in the disc and towards the base.[3]
References
- Gelechia at funet
- Afro Moths
- Ann. Transv. Mus. 3 (4) : 288 Archived March 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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