''Ficulea'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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. It contains the species ''Ficulea blandulella'', which is found in

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and southern

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. Adults are luteous, the forewings with two dark cupreous-brown slightly silvery bordered bands. The first band very much dilated hindward and the second marginal, dentate on its inner side, nearly connected with the second on the interior border.List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 29: 795

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Pexicopiini Gelechiidae genera {{Apatetrinae-stub