Aristotelia dryonota is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Western Cape.[1][2]
| Aristotelia dryonota | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Aristotelia |
| Species: | A. dryonota
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| Binomial name | |
| Aristotelia dryonota Meyrick, 1926
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The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are grey irrorated (sprinkled) with blackish, irregularly mixed blue leaden and with an irregular brownish-ochreous dorsal stripe from the base to the apex, occupying about one-third of the wing, posteriorly somewhat interrupted. The discal stigmata are rather large, black, and edged laterally with a few white scales, the first preceded by a slender, indistinct ochreous dash. The plical is less marked, resting on the edge of the dorsal stripe very obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are slaty grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia dryonota Meyrick, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Aristotelia dryonota Meyrick, 1926". Afromoths. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ Annals of the South African Museum 23: 328.
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