Mometa chlidanopa

Mometa chlidanopa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in Uganda.[1][2]

Mometa chlidanopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Mometa
Species:
M. chlidanopa
Binomial name
Mometa chlidanopa
Meyrick, 1927

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are purple blackish, somewhat speckled with ochreous whitish and with the markings light yellow ochreous, consisting of a streak from the middle of the base, upcurved beneath the costa to one-fourth, an irregular oblique transverse fasciate blotch in the middle of the disc not reaching the margins, a subtriangular spot on the costa at four-fifths, and a cloudy dot on the tornus opposite. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae feed on Hibiscus species.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Mometa chlidanopa Meyrick, 1927". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Mometa chlidanopa Meyrick, 1927". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (11): 351.


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