Dactylethrella tetrametra
Dactylethrella tetrametra is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga).[2]
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The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are pale yellow-ochreous, irregularly suffused or marbled with whitish, sprinkled or finely irrorated with fuscous and with four short oblique black marks on the costa from one-fifth to two-third. 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.
- Afro Moths
- Meyrick, E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4): 300 Archived March 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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