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Sophronia catharurga

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Sophronia catharurga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Sophronia
Species:
S. catharurga
Binomial name
Sophronia catharurga
Meyrick, 1923

Sophronia catharurga is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Palestine.[1]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are greyish ochreous, on the costa posteriorly sprinkled with dark grey, the dorsal area is broadly suffused with silvery whitish and with a moderate shining white costal streak from the base to the middle, then leaving the costa and continued narrowed to four-fifths, where it receives an oblique white strigula from the costa at three-fifths. Beneath this are three short longitudinal white lines in the disc from the middle, the uppermost running into the costal streak, some white sprinkling beyond these. There is a spot of whitish suffusion on the tornus, followed by some dark grey sprinkles. The hindwings are grey whitish.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 31, 2018). "Sophronia catharurga Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 34.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.