Biology:Darlia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Darlia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Genus: Darlia
Clarke, 1950
Species:
D. praetexta
Binomial name
Darlia praetexta
Clarke, 1950

Darlia is a monotypic genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae containing the single species Darlia praetexta.[1][2] It was described by J. F. Gates Clarke in 1950. It is only found in Argentina .

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are greyish fuscous, with a large sordid-white spot near the middle of the wing and a sordid-white transverse outwardly angulate fascia from the costa, near the apex extending to the center, then inwardly angulate to the tornus. This fascia is sometimes incomplete and consists of costal and tornal spots. The hindwings are light shining grey.[3]

References

  1. Lee, Sangmi. "Gelechiidae". Mississippi Entomological Museum. Mississippi State University. http://mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu/Researchtaxapages/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidaepages/Genera.World.htm. 
  2. "Darlia Praetexta". Animal Diversity Web. Museum of Zoology at the University of Michigan. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Darlia%20Praetexta/classification/. 
  3. Clarke, J. F. Gates (1950). "New Microlepidoptera from Argentina". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 40: 285. https://books.google.com/books?id=RvYDAAAAIAAJ&q=darlia. Retrieved 16 December 2012. 

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