Mesophleps geodes
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Mesophleps geodes | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Mesophleps |
Species: | M. geodes
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Binomial name | |
Mesophleps geodes (Meyrick, 1929)
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Mesophleps geodes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Malawi, Kenya, Pakistan and India.
The wingspan is 10.5–18.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Acacia brevispica, Acacia catechu, Acacia farnesiana and Albizia lebbeck. They live in the seed pods.[1]
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- ^ Li, H.-h. & K. Sattler, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 3373: 1-82.