Holophysis Tentatella
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''Holophysis tentatella'' 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. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil. Adults are cupreous, the forewings with a broad ochraceous middle band and six broad chalybeous (steel-blue) streaks, four of which are between the band and the base of the wing. The fifth intersects the exterior part of the band and extends to the interior angle and the sixth is in the submarginal disc. Two slender chalybeous lines extend obliquely from the costa and intersect the outer part of the band, and are accompanied by two shorter white lines.''List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum'' 29: 611


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Moths described in 1864 Holophysis {{Anacampsini-stub