Biology:Mometa infricta
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Mometa |
| Species: | M. infricta
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| Binomial name | |
| Mometa infricta (Meyrick, 1916)
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Mometa infricta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Malawi.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous with white spots on the costa at one-sixth and on the dorsum opposite, with a few white scales between these. There is an irregular undefined slender slightly oblique white median fascia, sinuate outwards in the middle, obsolescent on the dorsum. There is a conspicuous irregular white spot on the costa beyond three-fourths and a smaller one on the tornus opposite, with a few white scales between these. There are also two or three white scales on the termen. The hindwings are grey, darker posteriorly.[3]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (June 16, 2014). "Mometa infricta (Meyrick, 1916)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/apatetrinae/mometa/#infricta. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Mometa infricta (Meyrick, 1916)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/MOMEINFR. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (19): 579.
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Wikidata ☰ Q13860700 entry
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