Istrianis steganotricha

Istrianis steganotricha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Istrianis
Species: I. steganotricha
Binomial name
Istrianis steganotricha
(Meyrick, 1935)
Synonyms
  • Telphusa steganotricha Meyrick, 1935

Istrianis steganotricha is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in India and Indonesia (Java).[1]

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are dark grey sprinkled black and slightly speckled whitish. In males, the costal fold on the basal third contains an elongate mass of pale ochreous woolly hairs. The stigmata are black, accompanied or margined by irregular variable brownish-ochreous spots or marks, the plical beneath first discal, above the second discal a small black costal spot. The hindwings are grey with a bluish gloss.

The larvae feed on Desmodium species.[2]

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Istrianis steganotricha
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Istrianis steganotricha.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/9/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.