''Recurvaria penetrans'' 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 is found in

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(Amazonas). The

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is about 9 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish irregularly irrorated grey and with oblique black marks from the costa at and near the base. There are small blackish tufts above and below the fold at one-fourth, and a slightly incurved very oblique black streak from the costa before the middle to the disc at three-fourths. There is also a small black tuft on the fold in the middle and small blackish opposite spots on the costa at three-fourths and the tornus. A black dot is found in the disc at four-fifths and there is an elongate inwards oblique black mark from the costa near the apex, as well as minute linear black marks on the costa posteriorly and on the termen. The hindwings are pale greyish.Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 13
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References

Moths described in 1923 Recurvaria Moths of South America {{Litini-stub