Mometa chlidanopa
| Mometa chlidanopa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Mometa |
| Species: | M. chlidanopa |
| Binomial name | |
| Mometa chlidanopa Meyrick, 1927 | |
Mometa chlidanopa is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1927. It is found in Uganda.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are purple-blackish, somewhat speckled ochreous-whitish and with the markings light yellow-ochreous, consisting of a streak from the middle of the base, upcurved beneath the costa to one-fourth, an irregular oblique transverse fasciate blotch in the middle of the disc not reaching the margins, a subtriangular spot on the costa at four-fifths, and a cloudy dot on the tornus opposite. The hindwings are grey.
The larvae feed on Hibiscus species.[3]
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