Isophrictis anteliella

Isophrictis anteliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Isophrictis
Species:	I. anteliella
Binomial name
	Isophrictis anteliella; (Busck, 1903)
Synonyms
	Paltodora anteliella Busck, 1903;

Isophrictis anteliella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1903. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Ohio, New Jersey and Texas.^[1]^[2]

The wingspan is 12-12.5 mm. The forewings are darker reddish brown with one short longitudinal streak on the fold and one similar one in the middle of the wing. Both these are black. The second discal stigma is circular and black. A thin white line is found from the costal apical one-fourth very obliquely outward across the wing to the termen. The hindwings are dark gray.^[3]

References[]

^ "Isophrictis Meyrick, 1917" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25 (1304): 778

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[1] "Isophrictis Meyrick, 1917" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.

[2] Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University

[3] Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25 (1304): 778

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