Stenolechia Marginipunctella
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''Stenolechia marginipunctella'' 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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). The forewings are white, sparingly dusted with brownish scales, and with some small brownish spots along the costa and inner margin, and a few along the disc. The hindwings are pale grey.Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s.) 5 : 118
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Moths described in 1859 Stenolechia {{Litini-stub