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Commatica placoterma

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Commatica placoterma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Commatica
Species:
C. placoterma
Binomial name
Commatica placoterma
Meyrick, 1918

Commatica placoterma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Colombia.[1]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are dark grey, more or less suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish, becoming blackish posteriorly, especially along the posterior half of the costa. The stigmata are cloudy and blackish, with the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is a short fine oblique white striga from the costa at three-fourths and an oval whitish blotch lying along the termen, more or less suffusedly mixed fuscous on the lower portion, with two fine blackish dashes and the terminal edge black. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (February 12, 2015). "Commatica placoterma Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (5): 146. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.