Stegasta variana

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Stegasta variana
File:Stegasta variana.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Gelechiidae. It is found in Queensland,[1] China, India, Malaysia, Réunion and Africa.[2] The wingspan is about 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in). 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

  1. ↑ ozanimals.com (January 1, 2008). "Stegasta variana". ozanimals.com. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Stegasta variana Meyrick, 1904". Afromoths. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 314. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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