Stegasta variana

Stegasta variana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gelechiidae
Genus:Stegasta
Species: S. variana
Binomial name
Stegasta variana
Meyrick, 1904

Stegasta variana is a species of moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Queensland,[1] China, India and Africa.[2]

The wingspan is about 10–12 mm. The forewings are dark coppery-fuscous with a ferruginous-orange fascia at one-fourth, extended as a thick irregular streak along the dorsum to near the tornus. There are four irregular pale golden-metallic fasciae, with the costal extremities white, the first two margining the orange fascia, the third median, enclosing a dot of ground colour above the middle, the fourth at three-fourths, terminating above in a large quadrate ochreous-white spot. The hindwings are grey.[3]

Foodplants

This species feeds on Caesalpiniaceae, Fabaceae and Oleaceae species.

References

  1. ↑ ozanimals.com (January 1, 2008). "Stegasta variana". ozanimals.com. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Stegasta variana Meyrick, 1904". Afromoths. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 29 (2) : 314


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