Gymnogramma candidella is a moth of the family Lacturidae. It was described in 1963 by French entomologist Pierre Viette and is only known from Madagascar.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lacturidae |
| Genus: | Gymnogramma |
| Species: | G. candidella
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnogramma candidella (Viette, 1963)
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This species has a wingspan of 32–37 mm. Antennae are grey yellowish. Head, palpi, abdomen and thorax are white. The forewings and hindwings are entirely white.[2]
The types were provided from Antsalova in western Madagascar (II-1957).
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Gymnogramma candidella (Viette, 1963)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ Viette P. (1963). "Descriptions de quelques nouveaux Microlépidoptères de Madagascar et des Comores". Lambillionea. 62 (3–6): 23–30.
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