Ornativalva mixolitha

Ornativalva mixolitha is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, southern Russia, Turkey, Sudan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (Bihar) and Mongolia.[1]

Ornativalva mixolitha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Ornativalva
Species:
O. mixolitha
Binomial name
Ornativalva mixolitha
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Phthorimaea mixolitha Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are white sprinkled and irregularly blotched with dark grey, especially posteriorly. There is a distinct elongate dark grey spot on the costa before two-thirds and suffused dark fuscous spots on the fold at one-sixth and one-third of the wing. The discal stigmata are cloudy, blackish, the first in middle, with a yellow-ochreous spot adjacent beneath. The grey tornal area is ochreous tinged. The hindwings are light grey.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from February to October and in October.

The host plant is unknown, but might be a Tamarix species.[3]

Subspecies
  • Ornativalva mixolitha mixolitha (southern Russia, Turkey, Sudan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (Bihar), Mongolia)
  • Ornativalva mixolitha bipunctella Sattler, 1967 (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia)

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (January 22, 2015). "Ornativalva mixolitha (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (5): 135.
  3. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series. 34 (2): 136.


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