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Meteoristis religiosa

Wikipedia Abstract

Meteoristis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Meteoristis religiosa, which is found in India (Bengal). The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous slightly tinged grey and irregularly sprinkled dark grey and blackish with a small dark fuscous spot above the dorsum near the base. There are small spots of blackish suffusion representing the plical and first discal stigmata, forming with a larger spot on the middle of the costa, an inwards-oblique series. There is some darker subterminal suffusion and a row of cloudy dark marginal dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey.
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Prey / Diet

Ficus benghalensis (Indian banyan)[1]
Ficus religiosa (peepul tree)[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