Anatrachyntis amphisaris

Anatrachyntis amphisaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Anatrachyntis
Species: A. amphisaris
Binomial name
Anatrachyntis amphisaris
(Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Pyroderces amphisaris Meyrick, 1922

Anatrachyntis amphisaris is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1922, and is known from Sri Lanka.[1]

This species has a wingspan of 10mm. The forewings are light pinkish-ochreous irregularly irrorated with blackish-grey; a transverse whitish streak at 1/4 preceded with blackish irrorations, a triangualar dorsal blotch in the wing, outlined with ochreous-whitish suffusion.[2]

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