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Oxylechia

Wikipedia Abstract

Oxylechia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Oxylechia confirmata, which is found in Colombia. The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are white, tinged with ochreous-yellowish in the disc, more strongly and sprinkled with fuscous posteriorly. The markings are dark fuscous, with some black scales on their edges, and margined with clear white. There is a basal patch, the edge running from one-fourth of the costa, straight, oblique. There is also an elongate narrow patch extending along the costa from before the middle to the apex, anteriorly pointed and preceded by a slight blackish strigula, beneath with slight prominences at the middle and two-thirds of the wing, tipped with black scales probably representing the discal stigmata. A small white costal m
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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