''Mesophleps catericta'' is a
moth of the family
Gelechiidae. It is found in
Namibia and
South Africa (
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...
).
The
wingspan is 16–17 mm. The forewings are greyish brown, sprinkled with greyish white scales.
[, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus ''Mesophleps'' Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). ''Zootaxa'' 3373: 1-82.]
References
Moths described in 1927
Mesophleps
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