Xystophora asthenodes

Xystophora asthenodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Xystophora
Species: X. asthenodes
Binomial name
Xystophora asthenodes
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Aristotelia asthenodes Meyrick, 1923

Xystophora asthenodes is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in north-western India.[1]

The wingspan is 13-14 mm. The forewings are pale grey closely irrorated pale ochreous. The stigmata are faint, cloudy, light grey, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. Sometimes, there is a faint shadowy darker band at two-thirds. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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