Stenolechia squamifera

Stenolechia squamifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Stenolechia
Species: S. squamifera
Binomial name
Stenolechia squamifera
Kanazawa, 1984

Stenolechia squamifera is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Japan (Kyushu, Tsushima Island).[1]

The length of the forewings is 3,5-4.2 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, speckled with fuscous, and with dark fuscous markings, consisting of three large blackish spots on the costa, two large blackish spots beneath the base of the fold and above the distal end of the fold, two small blackish spots on the fold, and three small blackish spots on the discal area. There are also four obscure fulvous spots in the basal two-thirds on the discal area.[2]

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