Aristotelia ochroxysta

Aristotelia ochroxysta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas.[1][2]

Aristotelia ochroxysta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Aristotelia
Species:
A. ochroxysta
Binomial name
Aristotelia ochroxysta
Meyrick, 1929

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are blackish grey with a rather broad pale brownish-ochreous dorsal stripe from the base to the tornus, extended by some narrow suffusion on the termen to the apex, the edge slightly indented before the middle, broadest beyond this, where it extends nearly half across the wing. There is a whitish dot on the costa at four-fifths and some brownish scales in the disc posteriorly. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia ochroxysta Meyrick, 1929". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. "420663.00 – 1750 – Aristotelia ochroxysta – Meyrick, 1929". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (1929). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16). p. 483.


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