| Friseria lacticaput | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Friseria |
| Species: | F. lacticaput |
| Binomial name | |
| Friseria lacticaput (Walsingham, 1911) | |
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Friseria lacticaput is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero).
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are dark brown, with a very narrow snow-white basal patch extending across the wing, an oblique snow-white costal patch at one-fourth reaching to the fold and projecting outward on the cell, a minute white oblique costal streak at the commencement of the costal cilia, and a large snow-white semicircular tornal patch extending through the terminal cilia and sparsely sprinkled with brownish scales. The hindwings are pale purplish grey.
References
- Friseria at funet
- Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 61
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| Friseria lacticaput | |
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