Apotactis citrophila

Apotactis citrophila is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1933. It is found in Costa Rica.^[1]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are white, irregularly sprinkled grey, clouded grey on the dorsal half and towards the termen. There is a narrow curved dark grey fascia at one-third, not reaching the dorsum, containing light oohreous-yellowish tufts beneath the costa and beneath the fold. The discal stigmata are pale yellowish, surrounded by light grey clouds and there is a dark grey spot on the middle of the costa and four or five small costal spots posteriorly. The hindwings are whitish-grey, suffused grey towards the apex.^[2]

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