Teleiopsis lunariella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on the Canary Islands.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Teleiopsis |
| Species: | T. lunariella
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| Teleiopsis lunariella (Walsingham, 1908)[1]
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The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are cinereous (ash-grey) to rosy reddish, sprinkled and suffused with tawny grey and black scaling. The hindwings are tawny grey with a rosy tinge.[2]
The larvae feed on Rumex lunaria. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]
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