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Gelechia dolbyi

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Gelechia dolbyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gelechia
Species:
G. dolbyi
Binomial name
Gelechia dolbyi
(Walsingham, 1911)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Dichomeris dolbyi Walsingham, 1911

Gelechia dolbyi is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Panama.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark brown, with an oblique yellowish white band commencing on the costa at one-fifth from the base and attenuate outward and downward to a little beyond the fold. There is a costal spot of the same colour, with a few whitish scales about the tornus. The hindwings are greyish fuscous.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Gelechia Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b Lee, Sangmi; Mercado, Catherine (2016). "The Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) of Panama". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 9 (2): 205–207. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2016.02.003.
  3. ^ Walsingham (1911). Insecta. Lepidoptera, Heterocera. Vol IV: Tineina, Pterophorina, Orenodina and Pyralidina and Hepialidina. Biologia Centrali-Americana. p. 98. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.