Mesophleps geodes

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Mesophleps geodes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Mesophleps
Species:
M. geodes
Binomial name
Mesophleps geodes
(Meyrick, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Bucolarcha geodesMeyrick, 1929

Mesophleps geodes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Malawi, Kenya, Pakistan and India.

The wingspan is 10.5–18.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Acacia brevispica , Acacia catechu , Acacia farnesiana and Albizia lebbeck . They live in the seed pods. [1]

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References

  1. Li, H.-h. & K. Sattler, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa3373: 1-82.