Aristotelia melanaphra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.[1][2]
| Aristotelia melanaphra | |
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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. melanaphra
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| Binomial name | |
| Aristotelia melanaphra Meyrick, 1923
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The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are rather dark violet grey with the stigmata faintly darker, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is a cloudy white dot on the costa at two-thirds, and a fainter one on the tornus hardly before it. The apical area has blackish reflections. The hindwings are bluish grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia melanaphra Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ "420660.00 – 1746 – Aristotelia melanaphra – Meyrick, 1923". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 10.
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