Syrmadaula

Syrmadaula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Syrmadaula
Meyrick, 1918
Species: S. automorpha
Binomial name
Syrmadaula automorpha
Meyrick, 1918

Syrmadaula is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Syrmadaula automorpha, which is found in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.[1][2]

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are light fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous. The stigmata are moderate, dark fuscous, the plical somewhat obliquely before the first discal. There is a dark fuscous dot near the dorsum at three-fourths and there are three or four cloudy dark fuscous dots on the termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

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