Mometa chlidanopa
| Mometa chlidanopa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Mometa |
| Species: | M. chlidanopa
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| Binomial name | |
| Mometa chlidanopa Meyrick, 1927
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Mometa chlidanopa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in Uganda.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are purple blackish, somewhat speckled with 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]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Mometa chlidanopa Meyrick, 1927". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Mometa chlidanopa Meyrick, 1927". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (11): 351.