Aristotelia balanocentra

Aristotelia balanocentra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal.[1][2]

Aristotelia balanocentra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aristotelia
Species:
A. balanocentra
Binomial name
Aristotelia balanocentra
Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 11 to 12 millimetres (0.43 to 0.47 in). The forewings are fuscous irregularly mixed with dark fuscous and with a blackish dot beneath the costa at one-sixth, one obliquely beneath and beyond it, a larger one beneath the costa beyond one-third, a black dash on the fold beneath this, and an elongate dot in the disc at two-thirds. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia balanocentra Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Aristotelia balanocentra Meyrick, 1914". Afromoths. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (July 1914). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: V". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 4 (4): 190 via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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