Aristotelia crassicornis
Aristotelia crassicornis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found on the Virgin Islands, where it has been recorded from St. Jan.[1]
| Aristotelia crassicornis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Aristotelia |
| Species: | A. crassicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aristotelia crassicornis Walsingham, 1897 | |
The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are hoary whitish, sprinkled with greyish-fuscous scaling and with numerous short, slender, dark fuscous longitudinal streaklets accompanied by a few ferruginous scales, these have a tendency to follow the lines of the cell and of the fold, being only indicated on the costa by a minute streak at the base and two spots, one before the other behind the middle. The hindwings are shining, pale grey.[2]
References
- funet.fi
- Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897 : 68
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