Mesophleps aspina

Mesophleps aspina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Mesophleps
Species: M. aspina
Binomial name
Mesophleps aspina
H.H. Li & Sattler, 2012
Synonyms
  • Brchyacma albilinella Park, 1990
  • Brachyacma albilinella

Mesophleps aspina is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Thailand and Burma.

The wingspan is 11.5–14 millimetres (0.45–0.55 in). The forewings are light yellow, but the basal half of the costa is white.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Latin prefix a- (meaning absent) and spina (meaning spine) and refers to the absence of the outwardly-directed spines on the posterior margin of the vinculum in the male genitalia which otherwise are characteristic of this albilinella species group.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Li, H.-h. & K. Sattler, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 3373: 1-82.


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