Donaspastus Delicatella
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''Donaspastus delicatella'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family
Autostichidae Autostichidae is a family of moths in the moth superfamily Gelechioidea. Subfamilies *Autostichinae Le Marchand, 1947 * Deocloninae Hodges, 1998 * Glyphidocerinae Hodges, 1998 *Holcopogoninae Gozmány, 1967 * Oegoconiinae Leraut, 1992 *Symmocinae ...
. It is found on
Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
. The
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is about 12 mm. The forewings are bluish white, dusted with brownish fuscous. The hindwings are shining sericeous greyish.


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Moths described in 1901 Donaspastus Moths of Europe {{Symmocinae-stub