Untomia alticolens is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1911. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero). The wingspan is 12-14 mm. The forewings are pale fawn, shaded and blotched with dark chocolate-brown, the costa to one-third white, with a dark brown spot at the extreme base. Before the middle of the costa commences an elongate dark chocolate-brown patch which extends to the commencement of the costal cilia, before which it is interrupted by a short outwardly oblique white costal streak. The fawn-brown colour, spreading at the base over two-thirds of the wing-width, containstwo dark suffused spots on the fold, the second followed by some whitish scales. There is a small dark spot on the cell before the middle, and a second somewhat obliquely placed at the end o