Aristotelia leucophanta explained

Aristotelia leucophanta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Assam, India.[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are brown, more or less suffused irregularly with dark fuscous and with a small oval white spot beneath the fold at two-fifths, and an oblique linear white mark beneath the costa at two-fifths, as well as a few scattered white scales in the middle of the disc. There is an irregular, sometimes interrupted white line from four-fifths of the costa to before the tornus, double on the median third and enclosing a blackish mark. Some whitish dots are found along the termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous, thinly scaled anteriorly.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . February 7, 2019 . Aristotelia leucophanta Meyrick, 1908 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 16, 2020.
  2. https://archive.org/stream/journalofbombayn18bomb#page/438/mode/1up Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 438.