Untomia untomiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Untomia
Species:
U. untomiella
Binomial name
Untomia untomiella
Busck, 1906

Untomia untomiella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1906. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas.[1][2]

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, irregularly and sparsely sprinkled with ochreous and blackish scales. There is a longitudinal black dot on the middle of the cell, and another more prominent black dot at the end of the cell. At the beginning of the dorsal cilia is an outwardly directed oblique narrow white streak, nearly parallel with the edge of the wing and reaching nearly to apex where it is met by a similar costal white streak. Both of these are often more or less incomplete and faint and the small size of the species makes the ornamentation obscure.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Untomia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. ↑ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 30 (1465): 727 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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