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Phylopatris

Wikipedia Abstract

Phylopatris is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the single species Phylopatris terpnodes, which is found in Brazil (Amazonas) and Peru. The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are white with an oblique brownish-ochreous fascia near the base, black on the costa and with a black subdorsal tuft on the posterior edge. There are elongate black dots on the costa before the middle and at two-thirds, beneath suffused brownish-ochreous. The discal stigmata are black, with patches of brownish-ochreous suffusion in the disc between them and towards the middle of the dorsum, a black subdorsal raised dot beneath the second, beneath this a brownish-ochreous dorsal spot edged black dorsally. There is a short black dash surrounded by brownish-ochreous suffusion in the disc posterio
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External References

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