Tecia venosa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883. It is found in Argentina, Chile and Colombia.[1]

Tecia venosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Tecia
Species:
T. venosa
Binomial name
Tecia venosa
(Butler, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Topeutis venosa Butler, 1883
  • Tecia mendozella Kieffer & Jörgensen, 1910
  • Scrobipalpopsis (Scrobischema) vergarai Povolný, 1980
  • Tecia mendozella Strand, 1911
  • Holcocera baccharisella Brèthes, 1917

The larvae feed on Baccharis macrantha.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Tecia Kieffer & Jörgensen, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  2. ^ "Digital Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic". INCAD. Retrieved 12 June 2016.