Aristotelia primipilana

Aristotelia primipilana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Aristotelia
Species:	A. primipilana
Binomial name
Aristotelia primipilana Meyrick, 1923

Aristotelia primipilana is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida and Ontario. ^{[1] [2]}

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are fulvous, with the costal edge infuscated, towards the apex blackish. There is a white basal dot beneath the costa and there are three slender silver-metallic fasciae becoming snow white towards the costa, the first at one-fourth, hardly curved, oblique and sometimes obsolescent on the dorsum, the second median, straight, and the third slightly incurved, from beyond three-fourths of the costa rather inwards-oblique to the tornus, with indistinct small black dots representing the stigmata, the plical on the anterior edge of the second fascia, the discal on the posterior edge of the second and the anterior edge of the third. The hindwings are rather dark grey. ^[3]

References

1. Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia primipilana Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
2. "420665.00 – 1754 – Aristotelia primipilana – Meyrick, 1923". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 7. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .