''Tecia kiefferi'' 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 ...
in the family
Gelechiidae. It was described by Kieffer and Jörgensen in 1910. It is found in
Argentina
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.
The
wingspan
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is about 26.5 mm. The forewings are ash-grey, sprinkled with black. The hindwings are dark grey.
Berl. ent. Z. 55 : 167
References
Tecia
Moths described in 1910
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