Aristotelia cosmographa explained

Aristotelia cosmographa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are brownish ochreous or deep yellow ochreous, the costal edge suffused with dark fuscous and with an oblique interrupted silvery-white streak near the base. There are three white streaks from the costa terminated by silvery-metallic subdorsal spots, the first from one-fourth, oblique, edged anteriorly with blackish suffusion, the second from the middle, direct, the third from four-fifths, inwardly oblique, the second and third connected by a suffused blackish streak in the disc, a spot of silvery-white suffusion beneath the costa between the first and second connected with the costa by a white strigula. There is a white dot on the apex, and sometimes two or three on the termen. The hindwings are slaty grey.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . February 7, 2019 . Aristotelia cosmographa Meyrick, 1917 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 16, 2020.
  2. https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofen1917roya#page/36/mode/1up Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1917 (1): 36.