Symmetrischema conifera

Symmetrischema conifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Symmetrischema
Species: S. conifera
Binomial name
Symmetrischema conifera
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Chelaria conifera Meyrick, 1916

Symmetrischema conifera is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Ecuador.[1]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous suffusedly irrorated with ochreous-grey, the dorsal half irregularly sprinkled with dark grey and with an elongate-triangular blackish blotch extending on the costa from one-fourth to three-fourths, the anterior side less than the half posterior, the apex reaching the fold, the posterior side excavated in the middle. There is also a short blackish apical streak. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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