Ficulea

Ficulea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Ficulea; Walker, 1864
Species:	F. blandulella
Binomial name
	Ficulea blandulella; Walker, 1864

Ficulea is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Ficulea blandulella, which is found in Sri Lanka and southern India.^[1]^[2]

Adults are luteous, the forewings with two dark cupreous-brown slightly silvery bordered bands. The first band very much dilated hindward and the second marginal, dentate on its inner side, nearly connected with the second on the interior border.^[3]

References[]

^ funet.fi
^ "Ficulea - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 29: 795

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[1] unet.fi

[2] "Ficulea - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 29: 795

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