Neotelphusa melicentra

Neotelphusa melicentra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Neotelphusa
Species:	N. melicentra
Binomial name
	Neotelphusa melicentra; (Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
	Gelechia melicentra Meyrick, 1921;

Neotelphusa melicentra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mozambique.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 7 mm for males and 8 mm for females. The forewings are white speckled with dark grey and with a line of blackish-grey irroration along the costa from the base to two-fifths, and a short similar mark beyond the middle. There are pale yellowish dots accompanied with a few blackish scales as follows, one towards the costa at one-fifth, one beneath the fold slightly beyond this, one nearer the costa at two-fifths, and three representing the stigmata, the first discal about the middle, the plical nearly beneath it and a small dorsal spot of black irroration beneath the second discal. There is some grey suffusion and scattered black irroration towards the apex. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References

Neotelphusa at funet
Afro Moths
Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 71 Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Neotelphusa at funet

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. Transv. Mus. 8 (2) : 71 Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine