Aristotelia crassicornis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Aristotelia |
Species: | A. crassicornis
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Binomial name | |
Aristotelia crassicornis Walsingham, 1897
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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]
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]
Aristotelia crassicornis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Aristotelia |
Species: | A. crassicornis
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Binomial name | |
Aristotelia crassicornis Walsingham, 1897
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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]
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]