Aristotelia furtiva

Aristotelia furtiva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aristotelia
Species: A. furtiva
Binomial name
Aristotelia furtiva
Meyrick, 1904

Aristotelia furtiva is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.[1]

The wingspan is 11-12 mm. The forewings are fuscous, slightly purplish-tinged, sprinkled with dark fuscous and with a dark fuscous spot on the fold at one-fourth, and one beneath the costa at one-third. The stigmata are moderate, dark fuscous, the plical very obliquely before the first discal, which is in the middle. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

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