Aristotelia paphia

Aristotelia paphia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Aristotelia
Species:	A. paphia
Binomial name
	Aristotelia paphia; Meyrick, 1917

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

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The forewings are rather dark grey, the dorsal area more or less mixed suffusedly with light crimson pink and sometimes with light ochreous. There are blackish oblique bars from the costa at one-sixth and one-third, just crossing the fold, the first posteriorly and the second on both sides more or less distinctly edged with whitish tinged with crimson pink. There is a rosy-white mark on the middle of the costa. The discal stigmata are black, the first sometimes connected with the apex of the preceding bar, the second larger, edged beneath by a light yellow-ochreous spot. A pale rose-pink spot is found on the costa at four-fifths, white on the costal edge. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia paphia Meyrick, 1917". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1917 (1): 34. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia paphia Meyrick, 1917". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.

[2] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1917 (1): 34. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.