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Aristotelia galeotis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Aristotelia

Aristotelia galeotis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka and South Africa.

The wingspan is 7-8 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous or yellow-ochreous, paler towards the base, irregularly sprinkled with black and with a small round spot of black irroration on the fold at one-third, another in the disc about the middle, a third on the costa at three-fifths, and a fourth rather larger and more triangular on the tornus. The hindwings are rather dark grey, thinly scaled in the disc.

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Aristotelia galeotis Wikipedia