Atasthalistis tricolor

Atasthalistis tricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Atasthalistis
Species: A. tricolor
Binomial name
Atasthalistis tricolor
Synonyms
  • Ypsolophus tricolor Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Dichomeris tricolor

Atasthalistis tricolor is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875.[1] It is found in Indonesia (Sulawesi, Java), the Solomon Islands[2] and Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory.[3]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are blackish fuscous with a broad very pale whitish-yellowish streak along the costa from the base to near the apex, leaving the costal edge narrowly blackish from one-fourth onwards. The lower edge of this streak is shortly indented before the middle and there is a pale whitish-yellowish line along the hind margin from above the apex to below the anal angle, externally margined with a few black scales. The hindwings are bright orange.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. ↑ Atasthalistis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ BOLD Systems
  4. ↑ Lepidoptera of the South Pacific - Part 2


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