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Ornativalva indica

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ13964721 ↗
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Ornativalva indica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Sattler in 1967. It is found in southern Iran (Luristan), Pakistan (Peshawar) and India (Bihar).

Adults have been recorded on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Tamarix species, possibly Tamarix indica.

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Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1967—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Ornativalva, indica and species.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13964721. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1967.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ornativalva indica” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.