''Gelechia aglossella'' 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

Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable dis ...

. It is found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

. Adults are cinereous, the forewings slightly rounded at the tips and with speckles here and there clustering and forming four incomplete bands. The exterior border is slightly convex and very oblique. The hindwings are pale cinereous.List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1830

References

Endemic moths of South Africa Moths described in 1866 Gelechia {{Gelechia-stub