Stegasta variana

Stegasta variana is a species of moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Queensland,^[1] China, India, Malaysia, Réunion and Africa.^[2]

Stegasta variana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Stegasta
Species:	S. variana
Binomial name
Stegasta variana Meyrick, 1904

The wingspan is about 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in). The forewings are dark coppery-fuscous with a ferruginous-orange fascia at one-fourth, extended as a thick irregular streak along the dorsum to near the tornus. There are four irregular pale golden-metallic fasciae, with the costal extremities white, the first two margining the orange fascia, the third median, enclosing a dot of ground colour above the middle, the fourth at three-fourths, terminating above in a large quadrate ochreous-white spot. The hindwings are grey.^[3]

Foodplants

This species feeds on Caesalpiniaceae, Fabaceae and Oleaceae species.