Recurvaria costimaculella

Recurvaria costimaculella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Recurvaria
Species:	R. costimaculella
Binomial name
Recurvaria costimaculella Huemer & Karsholt, 2001

Recurvaria costimaculella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on Sicily.^[1][2]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are light grey, mottled with grey-brown and with a black mark running from the base of the costa along the fold to two-fifths, another prominent black patch at the costa before the middle, with small black spot at the lower margin. The tornal and costal spots are brownish black, with a vertical, black streak between them. The termen has scattered black scales. The hindwings are light brownish grey. Adults have been recorded on wing from late June to early July.

Etymology[]

The species is named after the peculiar costal marking of the forewing.^[3]

References[]

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