Scindalmota | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Tribe: | Anacampsini |
Genus: | Scindalmota Turner, 1919 |
Species: | S. limata
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Binomial name | |
Scindalmota limata Turner, 1919
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Scindalmota is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Scindalmota limata, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are whitish mostly suffused with whitish-ochreous and with a large central brownish spot partly outlined by blackish scales, connected with the dorsum before the tornus. There is a brownish dot on the costa just beyond the middle and a brownish fascia partly outlined by blackish scales from two-thirds of the costa to the tornus, constricted towards the tornus. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]