Recurvaria vestigata
Recurvaria vestigata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario.[1][2]
| Recurvaria vestigata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Recurvaria |
| Species: | R. vestigata |
| Binomial name | |
| Recurvaria vestigata Meyrick, 1929 | |
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white sprinkled with fuscous and with an oblique sometimes interrupted dark fuscous streak from the dorsum at one-fourth reaching halfway across the wing, a small spot on the costa beyond one-third, and a dot between these, forming a straight series. The stigmata are linear, black, the plical nearly beneath the first discal, a blackish dash reaching nearly from the first to the second discal but rather beneath them. There is a faint acutely angulated transverse whitish line at about three-fourths, preceded on the costa and dorsum by small spots of blackish suffusion, a short black dash within the angle of this. There is also a mark of blackish suffusion before the apex and a marginal series of small blackish marks around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale grey, subhyaline (almost glass like) anteriorly.[3] Adults are on wing from April to June.
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (February 9, 2019). "Recurvaria vestigata Meyrick, 1929". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- "420705.00 – 1786 – Recurvaria vestigata – Meyrick, 1929". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- Meyrick, Edward (1929). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16): 485.
