Kingdom Animalia Family Gelechiidae Scientific name Stegasta variana Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Stegasta Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Stegasta variana is a species of moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Queensland, China, India and Africa.
The wingspan is about 10–12 mm. The forewings are dark coppery-fuscous with a ferruginous-orange fascia at one-fourth, extended as a thick irregular streak along the dorsum to near the tornus. There are four irregular pale golden-metallic fasciae, with the costal extremities white, the first two margining the orange fascia, the third median, enclosing a dot of ground colour above the middle, the fourth at three-fourths, terminating above in a large quadrate ochreous-white spot. The hindwings are grey.
Foodplants
This species feeds on Caesalpiniaceae, Fabaceae and Oleaceae species.
References
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