Concubina is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains only one species, Concubina euryzeucta, which is found in China (Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Hunan, Jiangxi) and the Russian Far East.

Concubina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Tribe: Litini
Genus: Concubina
Omelko & Omelko, 2004[1]
Species:
C. euryzeucta
Binomial name
Concubina euryzeucta
(Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Telphusa euryzeucta Meyrick, 1922
  • Concubina subita Omelko & Omelko, 2004

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are ochreous-white with a broad oblique blackish fascia from the base of the costa to one-third of the dorsum. There is a trapezoidal blackish blotch extending on the costa from before the middle to three-fourths and reaching half across the wing and there is some slight greyish suffusion at the apex. The hindwings are grey, suffused white towards base.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Concubina". ftp.funet.fi. Markku Savela. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlep. 2 (16): 501   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.