Aristotelia melanaphra
Aristotelia melanaphra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.[1][2]
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| Genus: | Aristotelia |
| Species: | A. melanaphra |
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| Aristotelia melanaphra Meyrick, 1923 | |
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are rather dark violet-grey with the stigmata faintly darker, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is a cloudy white dot on the costa at two-thirds, and a fainter one on the tornus hardly before it. The apical area has blackish reflections. The hindwings are bluish-grey.[3]
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