Mometa infricta
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Mometa |
Species: | M. infricta
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Binomial name | |
Mometa infricta (Meyrick, 1916)
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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
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Mometa infricta (Meyrick, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Mometa infricta (Meyrick, 1916)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (19): 579.
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