Symmetrischema escondidella

Symmetrischema escondidella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Bernard Landry in 2010. It is found on the Galápagos Islands.[1]

Symmetrischema escondidella
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S. escondidella
Binomial name
Symmetrischema escondidella
Landry, 2010

The length of the forewings is 3.6–4 mm for males and 3.6-4.5 mm for females. The forewings are dark brown, with most scales tricoloured except some black scales forming a diagonal patch on the costa to the midline at one-fourth, three dashes increasing in length just above the midline before and after the middle and at four-fifths, and at three-fourths smaller spots at and near the base. There is also chestnut-brown scaling forming four longitudinal lines. The hindwings are greyish brown.

Etymology

The species name refers to one of the collecting localities, Playa Escondida on Pinzón Island.[2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Symmetrischema Povolný, 1967". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  2. Revue suisse de Zoologie 117 (4): 730


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