Untomia acicularis

Untomia acicularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Untomia
Species: U. acicularis
Binomial name
Untomia acicularis
Meyrick, 1918

Untomia acicularis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Ecuador.[1]

The wingspan is 8-9 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, more or less irrorated whitish. The stigmata are cloudy and blackish, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is a rather shortfine oblique white striga from the costa at three-fourths and a black marginal line around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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