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Mesophleps sublutiana

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Mesophleps sublutiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Mesophleps
Species:
M. sublutiana
Binomial name
Mesophleps sublutiana
(Park, 1990)
Synonyms
  • Brachyacma sublutiana Park, 1990

Mesophleps sublutiana is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Korea, China (Anhui, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hong Kong, Hubei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Yunnan), Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia (Brunei), Indonesia, Nepal, India and Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is 10–16 mm.

The larvae feed on Cajanus cajan, Indigofera, Robinia pseudoacacia and Parkinsonia aculeata. They feed in the pods.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Li, H.-h. & K. Sattler, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 3373: 1-82.