Aroga mesostrepta

Aroga mesostrepta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. It is found in Japan, the Russian Far East and Korea.[1]

Aroga mesostrepta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aroga
Species:
A. mesostrepta
Binomial name
Aroga mesostrepta
(Meyrick, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia mesostrepta Meyrick, 1932

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are blackish with white markings. There is a narrow oblique fascia from the costa, connected on the dorsum by narrow streaks with the base and with a narrow irregular ill-defined postmedian transverse fascia which forms a slender abrupt loop inwards in the middle. There are opposite triangular spots on the costa and tornus, as well as ill-defined terminal dots. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (May 5, 2020). "Aroga mesostrepta Meyrick, 1932". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4: 195. Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine


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