Dactylethrella candida
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Dactylethrella |
| Species: | D. candida
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| Binomial name | |
| Dactylethrella candida (Stainton, 1859)
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Dactylethrella candida is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Stainton in 1859.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka and southern India.[2]
The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are ochreous-white with a dark fuscous dot towards the costa near the base and two transversely placed in the disc at one-fifth. There are about eight short oblique brown strigulae on the costa. There are transverse undefined patches of ochreous-brown suffusion in the disc at one-third, beyond the middle and towards the termen, the first narrow, second broader, reaching the costa and the third largest, somewhat mixed with black scales and bounded by a grey terminal streak. Between these are two lilac-grey sometimes whitish-centred irregularly eight-shaped spots in the disc before the middle and at two-thirds, the first rather oblique and the second shorter. The hindwings are fuscous-whitish.[3]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dactylethrella candida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ^ Dactylethrella at funet
- ^ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (1): 153
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