Armatophallus exoenota

Armatophallus exoenota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Armatophallus
Species:
A. exoenota
Binomial name
Armatophallus exoenota
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia exoenota Meyrick, 1918
  • Gelechia xylophaea Meyrick, 1921

Armatophallus exoenota is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in the Gambia, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,[1] Namibia and South Africa.[2][3]

The wingspan is 12.5-20.1 mm. The forewings are dark red brown, suffusedly mixed with dark purplish fuscous and with a short indistinct light reddish-ochreous transverse mark from the costa almost at the base. The plical and second discal stigmata are small, indistinct and blackish and there is a small indistinct spot of ochreous suffusion on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[4] Adults are on wing from October to May and in August.

References

  1. ^ Bidzilya, O. V. (2015). "Armatophallus gen. n., a new genus of gelechiid moths (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from the Afrotropical and Oriental regions". Zootaxa. 3981: 413-429.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (April 25, 2016). "Armatophallus exoenota (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  3. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Armatophallus exoenota (Meyrick, 1918)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  4. ^ Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "South African Micro-Lepidoptera Supplement". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 52 – via Sabinet. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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