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Aristotelia leucophanta

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Aristotelia leucophanta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aristotelia
Species:
A. leucophanta
Binomial name
Aristotelia leucophanta
Meyrick, 1908

Aristotelia leucophanta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Assam, India.[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are brown, more or less suffused irregularly with dark fuscous and with a small oval white spot beneath the fold at two-fifths, and an oblique linear white mark beneath the costa at two-fifths, as well as a few scattered white scales in the middle of the disc. There is an irregular, sometimes interrupted white line from four-fifths of the costa to before the tornus, double on the median third and enclosing a blackish mark. Some whitish dots are found along the termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous, thinly scaled anteriorly.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia leucophanta Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 438. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.