Atasthalistis tricolor

Atasthalistis tricolor is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875.[1] It is found in Indonesia (Sulawesi, Java), the Solomon Islands[2] and Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory.[3]

Atasthalistis tricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Atasthalistis
Species:
A. tricolor
Binomial name
Atasthalistis tricolor
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus tricolor Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Dichomeris tricolor

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are blackish fuscous with a broad very pale whitish-yellowish streak along the costa from the base to near the apex, leaving the costal edge narrowly blackish from one-fourth onwards. The lower edge of this streak is shortly indented before the middle and there is a pale whitish-yellowish line along the hind margin from above the apex to below the anal angle, externally margined with a few black scales. The hindwings are bright orange.[4]

References
  1. "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. Atasthalistis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. BOLD Systems
  4. Lepidoptera of the South Pacific - Part 2


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