Mometa infricta
Species of moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mometa infricta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Malawi.[1][2]
| Mometa infricta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Mometa |
| Species: | M. infricta |
| Binomial name | |
| Mometa infricta (Meyrick, 1916) | |
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The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous with white spots on the costa at one-sixth and on the dorsum opposite, with a few white scales between these. There is an irregular undefined slender slightly oblique white median fascia, sinuate outwards in the middle, obsolescent on the dorsum. There is a conspicuous irregular white spot on the costa beyond three-fourths and a smaller one on the tornus opposite, with a few white scales between these. There are also two or three white scales on the termen. The hindwings are grey, darker posteriorly.[3]
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