Neotelphusa limenaea

Neotelphusa limenaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Neotelphusa
Species: N. limenaea
Binomial name
Neotelphusa limenaea
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Telphusa limenaea Meyrick, 1920

Neotelphusa limenaea is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark grey, with the tips of the scales very finely whitish and the extreme base mixed with black. There is a broad white antemedian fascia edged with blackish anteriorly and preceded by a brown subcostal mark, its posterior half not reaching the costa and marked with a black subcostal dot in an indentation, its posterior margin followed by a brown transverse spot in the disc, opposite white costal and tornal spots at three-fourth, their anterior angles connected by a black mark, above and beneath which is some brownish suffusion. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

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