Arogalea melitoptila

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Arogalea melitoptila
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Arogalea
Species:
A. melitoptila
Binomial name
Arogalea melitoptila
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Telphusa melitoptilaMeyrick, 1923

Arogalea melitoptila is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Brazil. [1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are dark purple-fuscous, the markings formed of erect scales, clear yellow, edged with black scales. There is a rather oblique fasciate blotch from the costa at one-fourth reaching three-fourths across the wing. There are small spots on the fold in the middle of the wing and at the extremity, as well as larger spots in the disc at two-thirds and on the costa beyond this, almost confluent. There is also a round apical dot. The hindwings are dark grey, thinly scaled in the disc. [2]

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References

  1. Arogalea at funet
  2. Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 17 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .