Athrips neograpta

Athrips neograpta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Namibia and South Africa.[1][2]

Athrips neograpta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Athrips
Species:
A. neograpta
Binomial name
Athrips neograpta
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Parapsectris neograpta Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The forewings are white, with scattered black specks and a pale ochreous streak from the base beneath the costa, terminating in a spot surrounding a dot of raised black scales representing the first discal stigma. There is a pale ochreous streak along the fold throughout, marked with a black plical stigma very obliquely before the first discal, and interrupted beyond this. There is also some faint ochreous suffusion towards the dorsum and a pale ochreous transverse streak at three-fourths parallel to the termen, marked with a black raised spot above the tornus. A pale ochreous streak is found along the termen and there is a series of irregular black dots or groups of scales around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2019). "Athrips neograpta (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Athrips neograpta Meyrick, 1914". Afromoths. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (July 1914). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: V". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 4 (4): 192 via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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