Dactylethrella tetrametra

Dactylethrella tetrametra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Dactylethrella
Species: D. tetrametra
Binomial name
Dactylethrella tetrametra
(Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Nothris tetrametra Meyrick, 1913

Dactylethrella tetrametra is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga).[2]

The wingspan is 9-11 mm. The forewings are pale yellow-ochreous, irregularly suffused or marbled with whitish, sprinkled or finely irrorated with fuscous and with four short oblique black marks on the costa from one-fifth to two-third. There is a black dot towards the costa near the base and a blackish dot beneath the fold at one-fifth. The stigmata is small and black, with the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There is a small black dot above the dorsum before the tornus and there are several minute scattered black dots in the apical area. The hindwings are grey.[3]

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