Armatophallus exoenota

Armatophallus exoenota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Armatophallus
Species: A. exoenota
Binomial name
Armatophallus exoenota
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia exoenota Meyrick, 1918
  • Gelechia xylophaea Meyrick, 1921

Armatophallus exoenota is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Gambia, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,[1] Namibia and South Africa.[2][3]

The wingspan is 12.5-20.1 mm. The forewings are dark red-brown, suffusedly mixed with dark purplish-fuscous and with a short indistinct light reddish-ochreous transverse mark from the costa almost at the base. The plical and second discal stigmata are small, indistinct and blackish and there is a small indistinct spot of ochreous suffusion on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[4] Adults are on wing from October to May and in August.

References

  1. Bidzilya, O.V. 2015: Armatophallus gen. n., a new genus of gelechiid moths (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from the Afrotropical and Oriental regions. Zootaxa, 3981: 413-429. Preview (PDF)
  2. funet.fi
  3. Afro Moths
  4. Ann. Transv. Mus. 6 (2) : 52


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