Chrysoesthia stipelloides | |
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Chrysoesthia sexguttella | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Chrysoesthia |
Species: | C. stipelloides
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Binomial name | |
Chrysoesthia stipelloides (Janse, 1950)
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Synonyms | |
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Chrysoesthia stipelloides is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) and Madagascar.[1][2]
This species has a wingspan of 10-11mm and was formerly confused by Edward Meyrick with Chrysoesthia stipella (now considered as a junior-synonyme of Chrysoesthia sexguttella) from which it differs by genitalia and that has less developed yellow maculae.[3]
The larvae were reared in Madagascar by R.Paulian on Achyranthes aspera.