Telphusa atomatma

Telphusa atomatma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Telphusa
Species: T. atomatma
Binomial name
Telphusa atomatma
(Meyrick, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Phthorimaea atomatma Meyrick, 1932

Telphusa atomatma is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in India (Punjab).[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are grey-whitish, with the tips of the scales dark grey, forming a fine slightly irregular transverse striolation. The markings are obscure, formed by blackish-grey irroration. There is some irregular basal clouding, with cloudy spots on the costa at two-fifths and two-thirds, some suffusion in the median area of the disc, and a patch occupying the apical fourth. The costal edge is suffused whitish at about one-fourth and the middle. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae feed within galls made on the branches of Tamarix dioica.[2]

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