Aristotelia paradesma
| Aristotelia paradesma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Aristotelia |
| Species: | A. paradesma |
| Binomial name | |
| Aristotelia paradesma (Meyrick, 1885) | |
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Aristotelia paradesma is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1885. It is found in New Zealand.[1]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are whitish, irregularly irrorated with light grey and with a grey suffusion along the inner margin from the base to the anal angle. There is a small blackish spot on the costa almost at the base and a black dot beneath the costa at one-fifth, and a second larger one beneath it on the fold. A thick blackish transverse somewhat oblique streak is found at one-third, reaching from beneath the costa to the fold, the margins irregular. There are also two black dots nearly longitudinally placed in the middle of the disc, and a third in the disc at three-fourths. The hindwings are grey.[2]