Stegasta_variana

<i>Stegasta variana</i>

Stegasta variana

Species of moth

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

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The wingspan is about 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in). 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. [1]
    ozanimals.com (January 1, 2008). "Stegasta variana". ozanimals.com. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  2. [2]
    De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Stegasta variana Meyrick, 1904". Afromoths. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  3. [3]
    Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 314. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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