Gelechia arotrias

Gelechia arotrias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gelechia
Species:
G. arotrias
Binomial name
Gelechia arotrias
Meyrick, 1908

Gelechia arotrias is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, lighter and crimson-tinged towards the base of the costa, darkest above the dorsal stripe. There is a pale ochreous-yellowish dorsal stripe from the base to near the tornus, rather broad towards the middle but narrowed to the extremities, before the posterior extremity emitting an oblique bar to two-thirds of the disc. The hindwings are rather light fuscous, somewhat darker posteriorly.[3]

References

  1. ^ Gelechia at funet
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1908 : 725 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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