Recurvaria ostariella

Recurvaria ostariella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Recurvaria
Species: R. ostariella
Binomial name
Recurvaria ostariella
(Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Aristotelia ostariella Walsingham, 1897
  • Taygete ostariella

Recurvaria ostariella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from Saint Thomas.[1]

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are bone-whitish with a small greyish-fuscous spot at the base of the costa, followed by a small triangular costal spot before the middle, forming, with two others below it, a narrow transverse fascia tending slightly outwards to the dorsum. Halfway between this and the apex is another greyish-fuscous costal patch with a dark fuscous spot below it at the end of the cell. There are also a few greyish-fuscous scales around the termen at the base of the bone-ochreous cilia. The hindwings are shining, very pale grey.[2]

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