Aristotelia incitata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Japan[1] and Assam, India.[2]
| Aristotelia incitata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Aristotelia |
| Species: | A. incitata |
| Binomial name | |
| Aristotelia incitata Meyrick, 1918 | |
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are pale whitish-grey ochreous irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous, more or less suffused whitish in the disc and with blackish dots beneath the costa near the base and before one-third, and beneath the fold at one-fifth. The stigmata are black, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There are also cloudy dark fuscous dots along the costa posteriorly and the termen. The hindwings are grey.[3]
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