Aristotelia saturnina

Aristotelia saturnina is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found in Peru.[1]

Aristotelia saturnina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aristotelia
Species:
A. saturnina
Binomial name
Aristotelia saturnina
Meyrick, 1917

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, sometimes whitish speckled, the dorsal area is more or less suffused or marked with ochreous. There are obscure darker oblique bars from the costa at one-sixth and one-third to the fold, marked with black on the fold, more or less edged with whitish towards one another. The discal stigmata are blackish with a suffused brownish-ochreous streak beneath them and there is a suffused pale brownish-ochreous spot on the costa at four-fifths. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia saturnina Meyrick, 1917". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1917 (1): 33. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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