Neotelphusa limenaea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

Neotelphusa limenaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Neotelphusa
Species:
N. limenaea
Binomial name
Neotelphusa limenaea
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Telphusa limenaea Meyrick, 1920

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark grey, with the tips of the scales very finely whitish and the extreme base mixed with black. There is a broad white antemedian fascia edged with blackish anteriorly and preceded by a brown subcostal mark, its posterior half not reaching the costa and marked with a black subcostal dot in an indentation, its posterior margin followed by a brown transverse spot in the disc, opposite white costal and tornal spots at three-fourths, their anterior angles connected by a black mark, above and beneath which is some brownish suffusion. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 3, 2018). "Neotelphusa limenaea (Meyrick, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Neotelphusa limenaea (Meyrick, 1920)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  3. ^ Annals of the South African Museum. 17 (4): 282.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.