Gelechia traducella

Gelechia traducella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gelechia
Species: G. traducella
Binomial name
Gelechia traducella
Busck, 1914

Gelechia traducella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by August Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama and Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are black with a light yellow, oblique fascia from the basal fourth of the costa to the basal third of the dorsum and with a spot of the same colour on the apical fourth of the costa. The hindwings are blackish fuscuous.[2]

References

  1. "Gelechia Hübner, [1825]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 12


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