Gelechia mundata

Gelechia mundata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gelechia
Species: G. mundata
Binomial name
Gelechia mundata
(Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Nothris mundata Meyrick, 1929

Gelechia mundata is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Mexico.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are bluish-grey sprinkled dark grey and with a small blackish spot on the base of the costa, and a black linear subcostal dot beyond this. The first discal and plical stigmata form indistinct blackish-grey elongate marks, nearly opposite and a few scattered black scales towards the costa posteriorly. The hindwings are pale bluish-grey.[3]

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