Aristotelia iospora

Aristotelia iospora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Aristotelia
Species:	A. iospora
Binomial name
	Aristotelia iospora; Meyrick, 1929

Aristotelia iospora is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas.[1][2]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are grey irrorated (sprinkled) with violet whitish, the costa narrowly violet white from about one-fourth to three-fourths and with a fine black line on the fold from the base to one-fourth, sometimes edged white below. There is a slender slightly interrupted black median streak from near the base to beyond the middle. The plical and second discal stigmata are black and there are some fine irregular black marks towards the costa from near the base to beyond the middle, others towards the apex, and several towards the dorsum. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia iospora Meyrick, 1929". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
"420655.00 – 1741 – Aristotelia iospora – Meyrick, 1929". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16): 482.

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[1] Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia iospora Meyrick, 1929". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.

[2] "420655.00 – 1741 – Aristotelia iospora – Meyrick, 1929". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 16, 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (16): 482.