Deltophora peltosema
(Redirected from Xenolechia peltosema)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Deltophora |
| Species: | D. peltosema
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| Deltophora peltosema (Lower, 1900)
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Deltophora peltosema is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Australia (Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales). Records from South Africa and South America are based on misidentifications.
This species was first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1900 as Xenolechia peltosema.[1][2]
The length of the forewings is 5-5.5 mm.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from September to April.[4]
References
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- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Deltophora peltosema". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
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- ^ Australian Insects
- ^ Sattler K, 1979: A taxonomic revision of the genus Deltophora Janse, 1950 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Bull Br Mus (Nat Hist), Entomol Ser 38: 263–322.
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