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Mometa infricta

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Mometa infricta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Mometa
Species:
M. infricta
Binomial name
Mometa infricta
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Parapsectris infricta Meyrick, 1916

Mometa infricta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Malawi.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous with white spots on the costa at one-sixth and on the dorsum opposite, with a few white scales between these. There is an irregular undefined slender slightly oblique white median fascia, sinuate outwards in the middle, obsolescent on the dorsum. There is a conspicuous irregular white spot on the costa beyond three-fourths and a smaller one on the tornus opposite, with a few white scales between these. There are also two or three white scales on the termen. The hindwings are grey, darker posteriorly.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Mometa infricta (Meyrick, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Mometa infricta (Meyrick, 1916)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  3. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (19): 579. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.