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Petalostomella

Synonyms: Petalostoma

Wikipedia Abstract

Petalostomella is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Petalostomella lygrodes, which is found in India (Assam). The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous suffusedly irrorated grey. The stigmata are moderate and dark fusecous, the plical slightly before the first discal, the second discal connected with the dorsum by a dark fuscous bar. There is a hemispherical dark purplish-fnscous blotch on the costa somewhat beyond the middle, preceded by a small pale ochreous spot and followed by a larger one. There is also an apical blotch of dark purplish-fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are rather dark grey.
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Species

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