Corynaea is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Corynaea dilechria, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from northern Queensland.[1]
| Corynaea dilechria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gelechiinae |
| Genus: | Corynaea Turner, 1919 |
| Species: | C. dilechria
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| Binomial name | |
| Corynaea dilechria Turner, 1919
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The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are fuscous with the basal and terminal areas suffused with ochreous-brown. There is a broad, outwardly oblique, ochreous-whitish streak from one-sixth of the costa not reaching the dorsum, broadly edged with dark-fuscous. There is an inwardly oblique, inwardly curved, ochreous-whitish fascia from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus and an interrupted blackish terminal line. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Corynaea". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
- ^ Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10) : 130
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