Isembola
| Isembola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Tribe: | Pexicopiini |
| Genus: | Isembola Meyrick, 1926 |
| Species: | I. diasticta
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| Binomial name | |
| Isembola diasticta Meyrick, 1926
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Isembola is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Isembola diasticta, which is found in Ecuador.[1]
The wingspan is about 36 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey-ochreous irregularly irrorated rather dark fuscous, most densely towards the apex. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical very obliquely before the first discal, placed in a nearly clear ochreous-whitish streak, an additional elongate dot midway between the plical and the base, and another dot midway between the discal. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ funet.fi
- ^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 271
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