Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Aristotelia eumeris Meyrick, 1923
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Identification: The forewings are rather light brown, near the dorsum faintly rosy tinged. There is an oblique white fascia at one-fourth, slightly sprinkled with grey, anteriorly edged with blackish. There is also a moderate white grey-sprinkled median fascia, with the outer edge convex, and with a black dot in the middle, the inner acutely indented in the middle, the space between this and the preceding fascia blackish from the costa to the fold. Beyond this is a blackish costal blotch extending to a white spot at three-fourths, grey sprinkled beneath and imperfectly separated by an elongate blackish spot in the disc from a cloudy whitish erect spot on the tornus. There is some dark grey costal suffusion between this and the apex. The hindwings are grey.
Wing Span: About 12 mm
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Range: California and Arizona.
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Taxonomy Notes: Sub-family has been updated to Anomologinae.
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Observation date: Jun 02, 2019
Submitted by: klebo
Region: Cochise County, Arizona, United States
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: Feb 25, 2025
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