Aristotelia chrysometra

Aristotelia chrysometra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Ecuador.[1]

Aristotelia chrysometra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aristotelia
Species:
A. chrysometra
Binomial name
Aristotelia chrysometra
Meyrick, 1926

The wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are shining golden bronze with golden-white, black-edged markings. There is a slender oblique transverse fasciae at one-fourth and before the middle, as well as short oblique streaks from the costa beyond the middle and at three-fourths, as well as a short inwards-oblique streak from the costa before the apex. A triangular dot is found on the dorsum between the first and second of these streaks, and a smaller dot between the second and third. There is also a minute apical dot. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia chlorographa Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (9): 273.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.