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''Pseudarla'' is a genus of moth in the family
Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...
. It contains the species ''Pseudarla miranda'', which is found on the Galapagos Islands. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...
is about 23 mm. The forewings are avellaneous (dull grayish brown), the costa is lightly suffused with fuscous to the outer two-thirds from which point an outwardly oblique, transverse, fuscous band extends to vein 6, then inwardly to the tornus. There is a blotch on the dorsum at one-third and three fuscous discal spots. The inner and outer discal spots are small and ill-defined, while the central one is larger and more distinct. A slender fuscous dash extends beneath the central discal spot in the fold, beyond the basal discal spot. There are three fuscous bars on the costa, beyond the transverse band, confluent with the apical fuscous shading. The hindwings are brownish buff with some fuscous suffusion.Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 117 (3508) : 89


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Gelechiinae Gelechiidae genera {{Gelechiinae-stub