Empalactis ponomarenkoae

Empalactis ponomarenkoae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Empalactis
Species: E. ponomarenkoae
Binomial name
Empalactis ponomarenkoae
Ueda, 2012

Empalactis ponomarenkoae is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Ueda in 2012.[1] It is found in Japan (Honshu, Kyushu).[2]

The length of the forewings is 4.5-6 mm for males and 5.5-6 mm for females. The forewings are whitish grey, scattered with pale fuscous and with the costa edged with fuscous from the base to two-thirds. There are three fuscous marks on the costa. The third large and at the middle edged beneath with an orange mark. There is also a large fuscous discal mark before the middle and a large circular fuscous mark on the tornus, mixed with orange. The hindwings are brownish grey.[3]

References

  1. "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
  2. Empalactis at funet
  3. Ueda, T., 2012: Four new species of the tribe Chelariini (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Japan. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 63(2): 79-86.
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