Leistogenes

Leistogenes is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Leistogenes rebellis, which is found in Peru.[1]

Leistogenes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Tribe: Pexicopiini
Genus: Leistogenes
Meyrick, 1927
Species:
L. rebellis
Binomial name
Leistogenes rebellis
Meyrick, 1927

The wingspan is about 45 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous with a broad costal stripe of whitish suffusion from the base, becoming obsolete towards the apex. There is a blackish dot towards the costa near the base. The stigmata form cloudy spots of ferruginous-brown suffusion, the plical slightly before the first discal. The hindwings are pale greyish with an apical blotch of ochreous-whitish suffusion.[2]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Exot. Microlep. 3 (12): 363


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