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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Armatophallus |
| Species: | A. exoenota
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| Armatophallus exoenota (Meyrick, 1918)
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Savela, Markku (April 25, 2016). "Armatophallus exoenota (Meyrick, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Armatophallus exoenota (Meyrick, 1918)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (August 1918). "South African Micro-Lepidoptera Supplement". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2): 52 – via Sabinet.
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