Drepanoterma

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Drepanoterma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Genus: Drepanoterma
Walsingham, 1897
Species:
D. lacticaudellum
Binomial name
Drepanoterma lacticaudellum
Walsingham, 1897

Drepanoterma is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Drepanoterma lacticaudellum, which is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from Grenada.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are shining ferruginous, the basal third transversely blotched and striated with dark purplish fuscous and dark ferruginous, the apex and termen also shaded with dark purplish fuscous and illuminated with steel-grey patches. The hindwings are dark coppery grey with iridescent reflections at the base of the cell.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ funet.fi
  2. ^ Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897 : 85 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.