''Mesophleps ioloncha'' is a
moth of the family
Gelechiidae. It is found in
India,
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
,
Thailand,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
(Anhui, Gansu, Henan, Shaanxi, Zhejiang),
Taiwan,
Indonesia, the
Solomon Islands and the
Philippines.
The
wingspan is 8.5–17.5 mm. The forewings are yellowish white to ochreous brown, the dorsum is darker greyish brown.
The larvae feed on ''
Tephrosia candida
''Tephrosia candida'', the white hoarypea, is a perennial shrub, native to India, in the legume family. It has been introduced to Malesia, South America, Africa, South East Asia and Australia.
Etymology
The genus name, ''Tephrosia'', derives fro ...
'', ''
Tephrosia purpurea
''Tephrosia purpurea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, that has a pantropical distribution. It is a common wasteland weed. In many parts it is under cultivation as green manure crop. It is found throughout India and Sri La ...
'' and ''
Crotalaria juncea''. They feed in the pods.
[, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus ''Mesophleps'' Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). ''Zootaxa'' 3373: 1-82.]
References
Moths described in 1905
Mesophleps
Moths of Asia
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