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Gelechia dolbyi

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Species of moth

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
  • Dichomeris dolbyi Walsingham, 1911

Gelechia dolbyi is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Panama.

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.

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Gelechia Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Gelechia dolbyi


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