Sitotroga Horogramma
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''Sitotroga horogramma'' 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 Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found on
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and in
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. The
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is about 16 mm. The forewings are pale yellow ochreous with a narrow dark fuscous streak along the costa from the base, becoming suffused towards the apex and continued around the termen to near the tornus. The plical and second discal stigmata are dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey.Illustration in: Meyrick's Types of Microlepidoptera, Vol.7


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Moths described in 1921 Sitotroga {{Apatetrinae-stub