Stegasta postpallescens
| Stegasta postpallescens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Stegasta |
| Species: | S. postpallescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Stegasta postpallescens (Walsingham, 1897)
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Stegasta postpallescens is a moth of the family Gelechiidae described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from Grenada[1] and Cuba.
The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are brownish fuscous, sparsely sprinkled with ochreous scales. A creamy-ochreous dorsal streak occupies one-third the width of the wing and runs from the base through the tornal cilia. A small creamy-ochreous costal spot lies at one-fourth from the apex, and a few pale ochreous scales are visible at the base of the brownish-fuscous terminal cilia. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
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- ^ Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897 : 76 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897 : 76
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