Armatophallus exoenota
Species of moth
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Armatophallus exoenota is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in the Gambia, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,[1] Namibia and South Africa.[2][3]
| Armatophallus exoenota | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Armatophallus |
| Species: | A. exoenota |
| Binomial name | |
| Armatophallus exoenota (Meyrick, 1918) | |
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The wingspan is 12.5-20.1 mm. The forewings are dark red brown, suffusedly mixed with dark purplish fuscous and with a short indistinct light reddish-ochreous transverse mark from the costa almost at the base. The plical and second discal stigmata are small, indistinct and blackish and there is a small indistinct spot of ochreous suffusion on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[4] Adults are on wing from October to May and in August.
