Anarsia sciotona

Anarsia sciotona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anarsia
Species: A. sciotona
Binomial name
Anarsia sciotona
Meyrick, 1927

Anarsia sciotona is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1927. It is found in South Africa.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey with scattered dark grey scales in the disc. The stigmata is indicated by dark grey dashes. The plical is rather obliquely before the first discal and there is a cloudy spot of dark grey suffusion on the base of the costa, an oblique spot at one-fourth and a semifusiform costal streak from one-third to three-fourth. There are also two or three fine dashes of blackish irroration towards the costa posteriorly, and some undefined dots on the termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]

The larvae feed on the fruit of Mimusops capensis.

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