Stegasta variana

Stegasta variana
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

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