Altenia mersinella

Altenia mersinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Altenia
Species:
A. mersinella
Binomial name
Altenia mersinella
(Staudinger, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Teleia mersinella Staudinger, 1879
  • Gelechia praedicta Meyrick, 1923
  • Stenolechia sagittella Caradja, 1920
  • Telphusa tribolopis Meyrick, 1927
  • Telphusa melanostictella Ragonot, 1895

Altenia mersinella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on Cyprus[1] and in Turkey, Syria and the Palestinian Territories.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white, partially freckled greyish-ochreous with black markings. There is an elongate spot on the costa at the base, a semi-fusiform spot before the middle, and a semi-oval spot beyond the middle. There are trifurcate marks in disc at one-third and two-thirds, the second connected with third the costal spot. There are a few blackish specks around the apical margin. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[2]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Altenia mersinella.
  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (11): 344 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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