Chrysoesthia stipelloides
Species of moth
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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]
| Chrysoesthia stipelloides | |
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| Chrysoesthia sexguttella | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Chrysoesthia |
| Species: | C. stipelloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysoesthia stipelloides (Janse, 1950) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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]
Biology
The larvae were reared in Madagascar by R.Paulian on Achyranthes aspera.
