Eulamprotes nigromaculella explained

Eulamprotes nigromaculella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Cyprus and Ukraine.[1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are whitish irrorated (speckled) dark grey with a small blackish spot on the costa near the base, one at one-fifth, one on the fold slightly beyond this, and one beneath the costa at one-third. The stigmata form oval black spots, the plical very obliquely before the first discal. There is a dark grey spot on the costa at two-thirds and four small cloudy whitish spots on the costa beyond this. The hindwings are light bluish-grey.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610201919/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=436994 Fauna Europaea
  2. https://archive.org/stream/exoticmicrolepid03meyr#page/272/mode/1up Description of Aristotelia jactatrix in Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 272