Organitis characopa

Organitis characopa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Organitis characopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Organitis
Species:
O. characopa
Binomial name
Organitis characopa
Meyrick, 1906

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are pale brassy ochreous suffused with light fuscous. The stigmata are rather large, dark fuscous, often elongate, with the plical very obliquely before the first discal, sometimes nearly obsolete, the discal stigmata sometimes connected by an obscure paler streak. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 26, 2015). "Organitis characopa Meyrick, 1906". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (1): 151.


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