Istrianis steganotricha

Istrianis steganotricha is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in India and Indonesia (Java).[1]

Istrianis steganotricha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Istrianis
Species:
I. steganotricha
Binomial name
Istrianis steganotricha
(Meyrick, 1935)
Synonyms
  • Telphusa steganotricha Meyrick, 1935

The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are dark grey sprinkled black and slightly speckled whitish. In males, the costal fold on the basal third contains an elongate mass of pale ochreous woolly hairs. The stigmata are black, accompanied or margined by irregular variable brownish-ochreous spots or marks, the plical beneath first discal, above the second discal a small black costal spot. The hindwings are grey with a bluish gloss.

The larvae feed on Desmodium species.[2]

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