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Besciva rostrifera

Synonyms: Elasiprora rostrifera; Elasiprora rostrigera

Wikipedia Abstract

Elasiprora is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Elasiprora rostrifera, which is found in Guyana. The wingspan is 7–8 mm. The forewings are light ochreous-brown, the costa suffused with black, cut by very oblique white strigulae from before the middle and at three-fourths. There is a slender black median streak from the base to the middle, its apex dilated and sending an oblique projection upwards, edged above throughout by a white line which is extended to join a similar margin of an irregular sinuate black streak from the apex of the wing to the disc about two-thirds, the connecting portion also sometimes edged beneath with black irroration. There is a suffused white subdorsal line from the base to about the middle and the dilation of the median streak is
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0