Untomia formularis

Untomia formularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Untomia
Species: U. formularis
Binomial name
Untomia formularis
Meyrick, 1929

Untomia formularis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas) and Colombia.[1]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with an oblique white strigula from the costa at three-fourths, with beyond this a blackish streak along the costa to the apex. There is a whitish or brown white-edged elongate apical mark, and a slender irregular whitish terminal streak touching this but leaving a blackish dot beneath apex, and a whitish tornal dot. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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