Xystophora asthenodes

Xystophora asthenodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Xystophora
Species: X. asthenodes
Binomial name
Xystophora asthenodes
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Aristotelia asthenodes Meyrick, 1923

Xystophora asthenodes is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in north-western India.[1]

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are pale grey closely irrorated pale ochreous. The stigmata are faint, cloudy, light grey, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. Sometimes, there is a faint shadowy darker band at two-thirds. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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