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Hypatima melanoplecta

Synonyms: Anarsia melanoplecta

Wikipedia Abstract

Anarsia melanoplecta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in India (Bengal). The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are fuscous finely irrorated with whitish and with an obscure darker blotch in the disc about one-fifth and a thick black oblique streak from the middle of the costa, reaching half across the wing. There is a semi-oval black spot on the costa at four-fifths and a black pre-apical dot, preceded by whitish, the area above and below it tinged with ochreous. The hindwings are grey.
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Prey / Diet

Anacardium occidentale (cashew)[1]
Mangifera indica (mango)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0