Aristotelia galeotis

Aristotelia galeotis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka[1] and South Africa.[2]

Aristotelia galeotis
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Aristotelia
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A. galeotis
Binomial name
Aristotelia galeotis
Meyrick, 1908

The wingspan is 7–8 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous or yellow-ochreous, paler towards the base, irregularly sprinkled with black and with a small round spot of black irroration on the fold at one-third, another in the disc about the middle, a third on the costa at three-fifths, and a fourth rather larger and more triangular on the tornus. The hindwings are rather dark grey, thinly scaled in the disc.[3]

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