Aristotelia epicharta

Aristotelia epicharta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aristotelia
Species:
A. epicharta
Binomial name
Aristotelia epicharta
Turner, 1919

Aristotelia epicharta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1919. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are whitish sparsely irrorated with fuscous and with an ochreous streak irrorated with fuscous on the costa from the middle to three-fourths, giving off at its extremity a transverse fascia to the tornus, interrupted in the middle. There is also an ochreous terminal line and the terminal edge is irrorated with blackish. A blackish dot is found at the apex. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[2]

References

  1. ^ funet.fi
  2. ^ Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10) : 113 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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