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Aerotypia

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Aerotypia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aerotypia
Walsingham, 1911
Species:
A. pleurotella
Binomial name
Aerotypia pleurotella

Aerotypia is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Aerotypia pleurotella, which is found in Morelos, Mexico.[1]

The wingspan is 40–42 mm. The forewings are ochreous, fading to ochreous white from below the middle to the dorsum. From the base below the costa to the apex runs a straight white streak of even width throughout, above it the ochreous ground-colour is tinged with pale olivaceous fuscous to the costa, as also narrowly along its lower margin, making it very clearly defined. The hindwings are pale brownish fuscous, tending to fade to paler from the costa to the dorsum.[2]

References

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  1. ^ funet.fi
  2. ^ Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 82 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.