Sophronia catharurga is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Palestine.[1]
| Sophronia catharurga | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Sophronia |
| Species: | S. catharurga
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| Binomial name | |
| Sophronia catharurga Meyrick, 1923
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The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are greyish ochreous, on the costa posteriorly sprinkled with dark grey, the dorsal area is broadly suffused with silvery whitish and with a moderate shining white costal streak from the base to the middle, then leaving the costa and continued narrowed to four-fifths, where it receives an oblique white strigula from the costa at three-fifths. Beneath this are three short longitudinal white lines in the disc from the middle, the uppermost running into the costal streak, some white sprinkling beyond these. There is a spot of whitish suffusion on the tornus, followed by some dark grey sprinkles. The hindwings are grey whitish.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 31, 2018). "Sophronia catharurga Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 34.
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