Anarsia acaciae

Anarsia acaciae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anarsia
Species: A. acaciae
Binomial name
Anarsia acaciae
Walsingham, 1896

Anarsia acaciae is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found on the Canary Islands,[1] Algeria, Israel[2] and south-western Arabia.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are hoary greyish with numerous short longitudinal streaks of greyish fuscous intermixed with lighter and darker shades of the ground colour. The hindwings are shining, somewhat iridescent, bluish grey.

The larvae feed within the seedpods of Acacia edgworthii and Acacia farnesiana.[3]

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