Petalostomella

Petalostomella is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Petalostomella lygrodes, which is found in India (Assam).^[1]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous suffusedly irrorated grey. The stigmata are moderate and dark fusecous, the plical slightly before the first discal, the second discal connected with the dorsum by a dark fuscous bar. There is a hemispherical dark purplish-fnscous blotch on the costa somewhat beyond the middle, preceded by a small pale ochreous spot and followed by a larger one. There is also an apical blotch of dark purplish-fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are rather dark grey.^[2]

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