Stegasta variana
| Stegasta variana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Stegasta |
| Species: | S. variana |
| Binomial name | |
| Stegasta variana Meyrick, 1904 | |
Stegasta variana is a species of moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Queensland,[1] China, India and Africa.[2]
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.[3]
Foodplants
This species feeds on Caesalpiniaceae, Fabaceae and Oleaceae species.
References
- ↑ ozanimals.com (January 1, 2008). "Stegasta variana". ozanimals.com. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2015. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (21-Mar-2015)
- ↑ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 29 (2) : 314
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