Mometa chlidanopa

Mometa chlidanopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Mometa
Species:	M. chlidanopa
Binomial name
	Mometa chlidanopa; Meyrick, 1927

Mometa chlidanopa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in Uganda.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are purple blackish, somewhat speckled with ochreous whitish and with the markings light yellow ochreous, consisting of a streak from the middle of the base, upcurved beneath the costa to one-fourth, an irregular oblique transverse fasciate blotch in the middle of the disc not reaching the margins, a subtriangular spot on the costa at four-fifths, and a cloudy dot on the tornus opposite. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae feed on Hibiscus species.[3]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Mometa chlidanopa Meyrick, 1927". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Mometa chlidanopa Meyrick, 1927". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (11): 351.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (June 16, 2014). "Mometa chlidanopa Meyrick, 1927". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Mometa chlidanopa Meyrick, 1927". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (11): 351.