Aristotelia benedenii

Aristotelia benedenii is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Hendrik Weyenbergh Jr. in 1873. It was described from St. Vincente in Cape Verde.[1]

Aristotelia benedenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Aristotelia
Species:
A. benedenii
Binomial name
Aristotelia benedenii
(Weyenbergh, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia benedenii Weyenbergh, 1873

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are dark grey, with very little black points. By flowing together, several of these points form an oblong, black spot about the tip of the wing, the hinder margin of the wing is also a little black. The sharp, lancet-form hindwing is pale grey. The fringe of the wings is also grey, in the forewings darker than in the hindwings.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Aristotelia benedenii (Weyenbergh, 1873)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  2. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 10: 122


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