Gelechia anthracopa
Species of moth
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Gelechia anthracopa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in China (Shanghai).[1]
| Gelechia anthracopa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Gelechia |
| Species: | G. anthracopa |
| Binomial name | |
| Gelechia anthracopa Meyrick, 1922 | |
The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are whitish, irregularly sprinkled grey and dark grey with small blackish spots on the base of the costa and dorsum. There is a black dot above the fold at one-fifth. The stigmata form black spots, the plical beneath the first discal, the second discal transverse. There is a pre-marginal series of large blackish dots around the posterior half of the costa and termen to before the tornus. The hindwings are light grey, towards the base paler or whitish.[2]
