''Mesophleps geodes'' is a
moth of the family
Gelechiidae. It is found in
South Africa (
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...
),
Malawi,
Kenya,
Pakistan and
India.
The
wingspan is 10.5–18.5 mm. The forewings are uniformly dark brown, without markings.
The larvae feed on ''
Acacia brevispica
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus nam ...
'', ''
Acacia catechu
''Senegalia catechu'' is a deciduous, thorny tree which grows up to in height. The plant is called ''khair''
'', ''
Acacia farnesiana
''Vachellia farnesiana'', also known as ''Acacia farnesiana'', and previously ''Mimosa farnesiana'', commonly known as sweet acacia, huisache, or needle bush, is a species of shrub or small tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. Its flowers are use ...
'' and ''
Albizia lebbeck''. They live in the seed pods.
[, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus ''Mesophleps'' Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). ''Zootaxa'' 3373: 1-82.]
References
Moths described in 1929
Mesophleps
Moths of Asia
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