''Syrmadaula'' is a

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moth genus in the family Gelechiidae. Its only species, ''Syrmadaula automorpha'', is found in

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and

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. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. The

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is 13–14 mm. The forewings are light fuscous irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous. The stigmata are moderate, dark fuscous, the plical somewhat obliquely before the first discal. There is a dark fuscous dot near the dorsum at three-fourths and there are three or four cloudy dark fuscous dots on the termen. The hindwings are grey.

References

Gelechiidae Monotypic moth genera Gelechiidae genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Gelechiidae-stub