Aristotelia sphenomorpha

Aristotelia sphenomorpha is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found in northern Vietnam.[1]

Aristotelia sphenomorpha
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A. sphenomorpha
Binomial name
Aristotelia sphenomorpha
Meyrick, 1930

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are fuscous speckled with whitish, the costal half suffused with whitish from the base to beyond the middle or two-thirds, the costa itself is irregularly mottled or spotted with dark fuscous. There is a blackish elongate mark on the base of the costa and a large blackish dot beneath the fold at one-fifth. The stigmata are blackish, the plical forming a large elongate flattened triangular spot, the first discal very small, obliquely beyond the plical, the second moderate. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia sphenomorpha Meyrick, 1930". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 99 (Suppl): 722.


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