Xystophora asthenodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in north-western India.[1]

The wingspan is 13โ€“14 mm. The forewings are pale grey closely sprinkled with 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]

References

  1. โ†‘ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Xystophora asthenodes (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. โ†‘ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 6.


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