Anaptilora parasira

Anaptilora parasira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anaptilora
Species: A. parasira
Binomial name
Anaptilora parasira
Meyrick, 1916

Anaptilora parasira is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory.[2]

The wingspan is 11-12 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, with scattered dark fuscous specks and blackish stigmata, the plical slightly before the first discal. There is a marginal row of blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The upper part of the termen on the hindwings are rather strongly oblique. They are grey-whitish.[3]

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