Stenolechia orsicoma

Stenolechia orsicoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Stenolechia
Species:	S. orsicoma
Binomial name
	Stenolechia orsicoma; (Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
	Recurvaria orsicoma Meyrick, 1918;

Stenolechia orsicoma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in southern India and Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are white, irregularly irrorated ochreous or ochreous-fuscous, tending to form suffused spots beneath dark markings. The markings are blackish, with elongate spots on the costa towards the base, before the middle, and at two-thirds, as well as a dot above the dorsum near the base and small dots above and below the fold at one-fourth. There is an elongate mark in the middle of the disc, and a linear dot on the fold somewhat before it. There is also a suffused spot on the tornus, a narrow elongate spot or short streak in the disc at five-sixths and two dots on the costa posteriorly and one at the apex, sometimes little marked. The hindwings are pale grey, paler and bluish-tinged in the disc.[2]

References

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[1] Stenolechia at funet

[2] Exotic Microlep. 2 (5): 130