Aristotelia cytheraea

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

Aristotelia cytheraea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Aristotelia
Species:
A. cytheraea
Binomial name
Aristotelia cytheraea
Meyrick, 1917

The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The forewings are pale greyish ochreous suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous, more or less tinged with rosy crimson, especially posteriorly. The stigmata are strong, blackish, somewhat elongate, more or less accompanied with spots of yellow-ochreous suffusion beneath and the second discal also above, the plical obliquely before the first discal, an oblique suffused dark fuscous streak from the costa to the plical. There are two small pale spots on the costa at five-sixths. The hindwings are grey, in males with expansible fringe of long grey-whitish hairs from the costa near the base.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Aristotelia cytheraea Meyrick, 1917". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917 (1): 32


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