Anarsia molybdota

Anarsia molybdota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anarsia
Species: A. molybdota
Binomial name
Anarsia molybdota
Meyrick, 1904

Anarsia molybdota is a species of moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland, Victoria,[2] New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.[3]

The wingspan is 10–14 mm. The forewings are fuscous, irrorated with white and with a few scattered dark fuscous scales. There are obscure indications of small darker spots along the margins, and in the disc at three-fourths, as well as a well-defined triangular dark fuscous blotch on the costa about the middle, reaching half across the wing. The hindwings are whitish-fuscous, thinly scaled and semitransparent, but fuscous towards the apex and termen.[4]

References

  1. environment.gov.au (October 9, 2008). "Anarsia genus". environment.gov.au. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  2. Anarsia at funet
  3. Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
  4. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 29 (2) : 417


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