Arotria iophaea

Arotria iophaea is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

Arotria iophaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Arotria
Species:
A. iophaea
Binomial name
Arotria iophaea
Meyrick, 1904
Synonyms
  • Dichomeris iophaea

The wingspan is about 13 mm (0.51 in). The forewings are pale brownish ochreous, irrorated (sprinkled) with bronzy fuscous, with purplish-metallic reflections. The stigmata is darker, with the plical hardly before the first discal. There are some dark fuscous marks around the apex and on the termen. The hindwings are grey, towards the base thinly scaled and tinged with whitish ochreous.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Arotria iophaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (May 3, 2014). "Arotria iophaea Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 387 – via Internet Archive.


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