Altenia mersinella
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Altenia |
Species: | A. mersinella
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Binomial name | |
Altenia mersinella (Staudinger, 1879)
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Altenia mersinella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on Cyprus[1] and in Turkey, Syria and the Palestinian Territories.
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white, partially freckled greyish-ochreous with black markings. There is an elongate spot on the costa at the base, a semi-fusiform spot before the middle, and a semi-oval spot beyond the middle. There are trifurcate marks in disc at one-third and two-thirds, the second connected with third the costal spot. There are a few blackish specks around the apical margin. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[2]
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