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Aristotelia comis

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Aristotelia comis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aristotelia
Species:
A. comis
Binomial name
Aristotelia comis
Meyrick, 1913

Aristotelia comis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are grey irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish and blackish and with a small ochreous-brown spot in the disc near the base. There is an irregular blackish interrupted line crossing the wing near beyond this and there are two moderate ochreous-brown fasciae about one-third and two-thirds, edged with whitish, and irrorated with blackish towards the costa, the first oblique, its posterior edge with a strong prominence below the middle, surmounted by a black dot, the second direct, dilated towards the costa. A black longitudinal mark is found in the disc beyond this and there is an ochreous-brown apical spot, its angles produced along the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia comis Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Aristotelia comis Meyrick, 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV Pterophoridae". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 282 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.