Aristotelia articulata

Aristotelia articulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aristotelia
Species: A. articulata
Binomial name
Aristotelia articulata
Meyrick, 1918

Aristotelia articulata is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in southern India.[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are fuscous, the base whitish-sprinkled and with a pale ochreous line along the fold, posteriorly suffused into the ground-colour. There is an oblique white fascia sprinkled fuscous at one-fourth and a broader oblique white median fascia irrorated fuscous, both edges indented in the middle, the space between this and the preceding darker fuscous except dorsally. A short slender longitudinal black streak is found in the disc beyond this and there is a marginal series of white dots on the costa towards the apex and termen. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

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