Athrips phoenaula

Athrips phoenaula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Athrips
Species:	A. phoenaula
Binomial name
	Athrips phoenaula; (Meyrick, 1913)
Synonyms
	Gelechia phoenaula Meyrick, 1913;

Athrips phoenaula is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is 13–14 mm (0.51–0.55 in). The forewings are deep yellow ochreous with a slender white streak along the costa from near the base to three-fourths, edged beneath by a few black scales. The margins of the cell, veins 1b and 7–11 marked with thick crimson-grey streaks, on the lower angle of the cell projecting suffusedly to the tornus. Veins 4–6 are marked with fine lines and there is a black dot beneath the fold at one-fourth. The stigmata are small, black, with the plical somewhat before the first discal. There are some obscure blackish dots on the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey, lighter towards the base.[3]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Athrips phoenaula (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Athrips phoenaula (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 289 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Athrips phoenaula (Meyrick, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 25, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Athrips phoenaula (Meyrick, 1913)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 25, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 289 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.