Aristotelia tetracosma
Appearance
Aristotelia tetracosma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Aristotelia |
Species: | A. tetracosma
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Binomial name | |
Aristotelia tetracosma Meyrick, 1904
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Aristotelia tetracosma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.[1]
The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are dark fuscous, with a faint purplish tinge and with an ochreous-white subtriangular blotch on the costa at one-fourth, reaching more than half across the wing. A similar smaller spot is found on the costa before three-fourths, reaching half across the wing. The hindwings are grey, darker posteriorly.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia tetracosma Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 289 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.