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