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Chrysoesthia stipelloides

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Chrysoesthia stipelloides
Chrysoesthia sexguttella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Chrysoesthia
Species:
C. stipelloides
Binomial name
Chrysoesthia stipelloides
(Janse, 1950)
Synonyms
  • Microsetia stipelloides Janse, 1950

Chrysoesthia stipelloides is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) and Madagascar.[1][2]

This species has a wingspan of 10-11mm and was formerly confused by Edward Meyrick with Chrysoesthia stipella (now considered as a junior-synonyme of Chrysoesthia sexguttella) from which it differs by genitalia and that has less developed yellow maculae.[3]

Biology

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The larvae were reared in Madagascar by R.Paulian on Achyranthes aspera.

References

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  1. ^ funet
  2. ^ Afro Moths
  3. ^ Janse A. J. T. 1950. The Moths of South Africa. V. Gelechiadae. - — 5(2): p.120-121; pl. 55/LV, fig. 3; pl. 56/LVI, figs. 4, 5; pl. 54/LIV, figs. 16–19; pl. 51/LI, fig. 11; pl. 58/LVIII, fig. 1