Gelechia resecta

Gelechia resecta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Gelechia
Species:	G. resecta
Binomial name
Gelechia resecta Meyrick, 1913

Gelechia resecta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are grey, sprinkled with whitish points and scattered blackish scales and with a black mark on the base of the costa, one along the base of the dorsum, and a small irregular spot between these. There is an irregular blotch of blackish suffusion in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata are rather large, suffused, black, the plical near before the first discal, the second discal edged with white posteriorly, touching a blotch of blackish irroration (sprinkles) on the costa beyond the middle, and a small tornal spot. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled in the disc and towards the base.[3]

References

1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Gelechia resecta Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Gelechia resecta Meyrick, 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
3. Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 288 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.