Telphusa nephelaspis explained

Telphusa nephelaspis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in north-western India.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are whitish sprinkled with dark grey and with a dark grey rounded patch extending over the dorsum from near the base to the middle and reaching three-fourths of the way across the wing, its upper edge including a blackish raised spot. The first discal stigma forms a very oblique black bar, the second a black dot and there are three irregular dark grey spots before the termen and apex. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled and translucent in the disc and towards the base.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . February 9, 2019 . Telphusa nephelaspis Meyrick, 1926 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . September 14, 2020 . October 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201001130426/https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/gelechiinae/telphusa/#nephelaspis . live .
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1926). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (9): 276.