''Recurvaria saxea'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of 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 superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable d ...

. It is found in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

(Para). The

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is 7–8 mm. The forewings are rather dark grey, the points of the scales finely whitish-ochreous or whitish and with a small blackish spot on the costa towards the base and small oblique whitish strigulae on the costa at the middle and three-fourths, preceded by spots of blackish suffusion, the second large. There is a black dot beneath the costa at one-third and a round black dot below the fold at one-third, one above the fold somewhat before it. The stigmata are black, raised, accompanied by whitish scales, the plical less marked, rather before the first discal, similar dots near the dorsum beyond the middle and towards the tornus. There is a whitish dot on the tornus and an indistinct blackish dash in the disc posteriorly, as well as some blackish speckling towards the apex. The hindwings are dark grey.Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 14
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References

Moths described in 1923 Recurvaria Moths of South America {{Litini-stub