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Aristotelia eumeris

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Aristotelia eumeris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aristotelia
Species:
A. eumeris
Binomial name
Aristotelia eumeris
Meyrick, 1923

Aristotelia eumeris is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Arizona.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are rather light brown, near the dorsum faintly rosy tinged. There is an oblique white fascia at one-fourth, slightly sprinkled with grey, anteriorly edged with blackish. There is also a moderate white grey-sprinkled median fascia, with the outer edge convex, and with a black dot in the middle, the inner acutely indented in the middle, the space between this and the preceding fascia blackish from the costa to the fold. Beyond this is a blackish costal blotch extending to a white spot at three-fourths, grey sprinkled beneath and imperfectly separated by an elongate blackish spot in the disc from a cloudy whitish erect spot on the tornus. There is some dark grey costal suffusion between this and the apex. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia eumeris Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "420651.00 – 1737 – Aristotelia eumeris – Meyrick, 1923". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  3. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 9.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.