Athrips cretulata

Athrips cretulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Athrips
Species:	A. cretulata
Binomial name
	Athrips cretulata; (Meyrick, 1927)
Synonyms
	Gelechia cretulata Meyrick, 1927;

Athrips cretulata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in South Africa.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are light grey, irregularly irrorated white, with some scattered dark grey or black scales. There is a white line along the fold to the middle of the wing, where the black scales sometimes form an undefined group. The hindwings are whitish-grey.^[3]

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[1] Athrips at funet

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Exot. Microlep. 3 (11): 345

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