Streniastis composita

Streniastis composita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Streniastis
Species: S. composita
Binomial name
Streniastis composita
Meyrick, 1922

Streniastis composita is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are grey, suffusedly irrorated with whitish and sprinkled blackish. There are indistinct narrow dark grey transverse fasciae at the middle and three-fourth, the first bisinuate, the second straight. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Streniastis composita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  2. Streniastis at funet
  3. Exotic Microlep. 2 (16): 503


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