Dactylethrella tetrametra

Dactylethrella tetrametra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Dactylethrella
Species:	D. tetrametra
Binomial name
	Dactylethrella tetrametra; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Nothris tetrametra Meyrick, 1913;

Dactylethrella tetrametra is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in Mpumalanga, South Africa[2] and Réunion.

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are pale yellow ochreous, irregularly suffused or marbled with whitish, sprinkled or finely irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous and with four short oblique black marks on the costa from one-fifth to two-thirds. There is a black dot towards the costa near the base and a blackish dot beneath the fold at one-fifth. The stigmata is small and black, with the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There is a small black dot above the dorsum before the tornus and there are several minute scattered black dots in the apical area. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dactylethrella tetrametra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dactylethrella tetrametra (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 300 – via Sabinet.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dactylethrella tetrametra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Dactylethrella tetrametra (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 16, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 300 – via Sabinet.