Biology:Stegasta variana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Stegasta |
| Species: | S. variana
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| Binomial name | |
| Stegasta variana Meyrick, 1904
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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
- ↑ ozanimals.com (January 1, 2008). "Stegasta variana". ozanimals.com. http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Gelechiid-Moth/Stegasta/variana.html. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Stegasta variana Meyrick, 1904". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/STEGVARI. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29 (part II [number 114]): 314. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsoflin29linn#page/314/mode/1up. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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Wikidata ☰ Q9643763 entry
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