''Mesophleps sublutiana'' is a
moth of the family
Gelechiidae. It is found in
Korea,
China
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(Anhui, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hong Kong, Hubei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Yunnan),
Taiwan,
Thailand,
Malaysia (
Brunei),
Indonesia,
Nepal,
India and
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 ...
.
The
wingspan is 10–16 mm. The forewings are yellowish to ochreous brown, the distal three-fifths of the costa is black, interrupted by a faint oblique line running from four-fifths towards the termen.
The larvae feed on ''
Cajanus cajan'', ''
Indigofera'', ''
Robinia pseudoacacia'' and ''
Parkinsonia aculeata
''Parkinsonia aculeata'' is a species of perennial flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. Common names include palo verde, Mexican palo verde, Parkinsonia, Jerusalem thorn, jelly bean tree, palo de rayo, and retama.
Etymology
The genus name ...
''. 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 1990
Mesophleps
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