Biology:Streniastis composita
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Short description: Species of moth
| Streniastis composita | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Streniastis |
| Species: | S. composita
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| Binomial name | |
| Streniastis composita Meyrick, 1922
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Streniastis composita is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Australia , where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are grey, suffusedly sprinkled with whitish and sprinkled with blackish. There are indistinct narrow dark grey transverse fasciae at the middle and three-fourths, the first bisinuate, the second straight. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Streniastis composita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=105113.
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (8 June 2014). "Streniastis composita Meyrick, 1922". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/dichomeridinae/streniastis/#composita. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (16): 503.
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Wikidata ☰ Q13641434 entry
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