Mometa infricta

Last updated

Mometa infricta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Mometa
Species:
M. infricta
Binomial name
Mometa infricta
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Parapsectris infrictaMeyrick, 1916

Mometa infricta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Malawi. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous with white spots on the costa at one-sixth and on the dorsum opposite, with a few white scales between these. There is an irregular undefined slender slightly oblique white median fascia, sinuate outwards in the middle, obsolescent on the dorsum. There is a conspicuous irregular white spot on the costa beyond three-fourths and a smaller one on the tornus opposite, with a few white scales between these. There are also two or three white scales on the termen. The hindwings are grey, darker posteriorly. [3]

Related Research Articles

Ethmia spyrathodes is a moth in the family Depressariidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in São Tomé and Príncipe, off the western coast of Central Africa.

Ethmia iphicrates is a moth in the family Depressariidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Kenya.

<i>Holocacista salutans</i> Species of moth

Holocacista salutans is a moth of the family Heliozelidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe and the South African provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo.

Anarsia balioneura is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Cabo Verde, [[Kenya]], Malawi, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Hypatima lecticata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Telphusa objecta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.

Telphusa retecta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa.

Telphusa syndelta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.

Gelechia resecta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.

Leuronoma veterascens is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa.

Leuronoma textifera is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.

Aristotelia chlorographa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa, where it has been recorded from Gauteng.

Pyncostola merista is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Western Cape and Gauteng.

Pyncostola pachyacma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Western Cape.

Photodotis prochalina is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found in South Africa.

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

Platyedra erebodoxa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.

Platyedra piceicoma is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Cameroon.

Scoliographa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Depressariidae. Its only species, Scoliographa argospila, is found in Guyana. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1916.

Moca aphrodora is a species of moth in the family Immidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Brazil and Peru.

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Mometa infricta (Meyrick, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Mometa infricta (Meyrick, 1916)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (19): 579. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.