Mometa chlidanopa

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Mometa chlidanopa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Mometa
Species:
M. chlidanopa
Binomial name
Mometa chlidanopa
Meyrick, 1927

Mometa chlidanopa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in Uganda. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are purple blackish, somewhat speckled with ochreous whitish and with the markings light yellow ochreous, consisting of a streak from the middle of the base, upcurved beneath the costa to one-fourth, an irregular oblique transverse fasciate blotch in the middle of the disc not reaching the margins, a subtriangular spot on the costa at four-fifths, and a cloudy dot on the tornus opposite. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae feed on Hibiscus species. [3]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Mometa chlidanopa Meyrick, 1927". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Mometa chlidanopa Meyrick, 1927". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (11): 351.