Mometa chlidanopa

Mometa chlidanopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Mometa
Species: M. chlidanopa
Binomial name
Mometa chlidanopa
Meyrick, 1927

Mometa chlidanopa is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1927. It is found in Uganda.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are purple-blackish, somewhat speckled ochreous-whitish and with the markings light yellow-ochreous, consisting of a streak from the middle of the base, upcurved beneath the costa to one-fourth, an irregular oblique transverse fasciate blotch in the middle of the disc not reaching the margins, a subtriangular spot on the costa at four-fifths, and a cloudy dot on the tornus opposite. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae feed on Hibiscus species.[3]

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