Tornodoxa dubicanella
| Tornodoxa dubicanella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Tornodoxa |
| Species: | T. dubicanella
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| Binomial name | |
| Tornodoxa dubicanella Ueda, 2012
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Tornodoxa dubicanella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Ueda in 2012.[1][failed verification] It is found in Japan[2] (Hokkaido, Kyushu).
The length of the forewings is 5-6.5 mm for males and 5-5.5 mm for females. The forewings are whitish, irregularly tinged with pale brownish grey and scattered with fuscous scales. There is a fuscous dot on the costa at the base and a fuscous dot on the subcosta near the base. There is also a narrow, elongate fuscous mark on the median fifth of the costa and an oval pale fuscous suffusion before the middle of the cell. The hindwings are pale ochreous.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- ^ Tornodoxa at funet
- ^ Ueda, T., 2012: Four new species of the tribe Chelariini (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Japan. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 63(2): 79-86. [1]