Achoria

Achoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder: Glossata
Infraorder: Heteroneura
(unranked): Ditrysia
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Lecithoceridae
Genus: Achoria
Meyrick, 1904
Species: A. inopina
Binomial name
Achoria inopina
Meyrick, 1904

Achoria is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Achoria inopina, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is 11-12 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous suffusedly irrorated throughout with dark bronzy-fuscous. The hindwings are pale fuscous, with the basal and discal areas wholly tawny-ochreous.[2]

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