Leuronoma chlorotoma

Leuronoma chlorotoma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Leuronoma chlorotoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Leuronoma
Species:
L. chlorotoma
Binomial name
Leuronoma chlorotoma
Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are rosy-brown, somewhat mixed irregularly with grey and towards the dorsum suffused with grey, all veins except towards the dorsum marked with slender rather irregular whitish-ochreous lines. The plical stigma is cloudy and blackish. The hindwings are light slaty-grey.[3]

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