Aristotelia sphenomorpha

(Aristotelia sphenomorpha)

Description

Aristotelia sphenomorpha is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1930. It is found in northern Vietnam. The wingspan is 9–11 mm. The forewings are fuscous speckled whitish, the costal half suffused whitish from the base to beyond the middle or two-thirds, the costa itself irregularly mottled or spotted dark fuscous. There is a blackish elongate mark on the base of the costa and a large blackish dot beneath the fold at one-fifth. The stigmata are blackish, the plical forming a large elongate flattened triangular spot, the first discal very small, obliquely beyond the plical, the second moderate. The hindwings are grey.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gelechiidae
Genus:Aristotelia
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