Gelechia melanoptila is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

Gelechia melanoptila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gelechia
Species:
G. melanoptila
Binomial name
Gelechia melanoptila
(Lower, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Psoricoptera melanoptila Lower, 1897

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are whitish tinged with ashy-grey, and with some ferruginous scales. There are three black tufts of scales, the first in the disc about the middle, the second just below, and the third on the anal angle, the latter one edged more or less with ferruginous. There is an obscure blackish streak at the base, obscurely continued along the costa to the next fascia and there is a moderate irregular obscure blackish fascia from the costa at one-fourth to the first two tufts. A suffused blackish elongate mark is found along the costa at about three-fourths, followed by an obscure blackish row of dots, which are continued around the hindmargin to the anal angle. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Gelechia at funet
  2. ^ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 22 (2) : 272   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.