Symmetrischema escondidella

Symmetrischema escondidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Symmetrischema
Species: S. escondidella
Binomial name
Symmetrischema escondidella
Landry, 2010

Symmetrischema escondidella is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Landry in 2010. It is found on the Galapagos Islands.[1]

The length of the forewings is 3.6–4 mm for males and 3.6-4.5 mm for females. The forewings are dark brown, with most scales tricoloured except some black scales forming a diagonal patch on the costa to the midline at one-fourth, three dashes increasing in length just above the midline before and after the middle and at four-fifths, and at three-fourths smaller spots at and near the base. There is also chestnut-brown scaling forming four longitudinal lines. The hindwings are greyish brown.

Etymology

The species name refers to one of the collecting localities, Playa Escondida on Pinzon Island.[2]

References


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