Aristotelia calens

Aristotelia calens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Aristotelia
Species:	A. calens
Binomial name
Aristotelia calens Meyrick, 1923

Aristotelia calens is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are brown, at one-fourth an oblique white fascia is suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with grey, preceded by small black spots on the costa and fold, a black streak on the fold connecting this with a very irregular angulated white median fascia irrorated grey, widest on the costa, its angle edged anteriorly by a black dot (the first discal stigma). The costa is suffused dark grey between this and a white dark-centred spot at three-fourths, where a narrow irregular inwards-oblique fascia of white and grey irroration runs to the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

1. Savela, Markku (February 7, 2019). "Aristotelia calens Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
2. "420645.00 – 1732 – Aristotelia calens – Meyrick, 1923". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 9. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.