Neotelphusa limenaea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Neotelphusa |
| Species: | N. limenaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Neotelphusa limenaea (Meyrick, 1920)
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The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark grey, with the tips of the scales very finely whitish and the extreme base mixed with black. There is a broad white antemedian fascia edged with blackish anteriorly and preceded by a brown subcostal mark, its posterior half not reaching the costa and marked with a black subcostal dot in an indentation, its posterior margin followed by a brown transverse spot in the disc, opposite white costal and tornal spots at three-fourths, their anterior angles connected by a black mark, above and beneath which is some brownish suffusion. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]
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- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 3, 2018). "Neotelphusa limenaea (Meyrick, 1920)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Neotelphusa limenaea (Meyrick, 1920)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ Annals of the South African Museum. 17 (4): 282.
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