''Stenolechia marginipunctella'' is a
moth
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of the family
Gelechiidae. It is found in
India
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(
Bengal
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).
The forewings are white, sparingly dusted with brownish scales, and with some small brownish spots along the costa and inner margin, and a few along the disc. The hindwings are pale grey.
Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (n.s.) 5 : 118
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References
Moths described in 1859
Stenolechia
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