Aniuta ochroleuca

Aniuta ochroleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Aniuta
Species: A. ochroleuca
Binomial name
Aniuta ochroleuca
Clarke, 1978

Aniuta ochroleuca is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile.[1]

The wingspan is 12-13 mm. The forewings are ocherous white to white with the base of the costa fuscous. At the apical third of the costa is a fuscous spot and in the middle of the cell is an oblique fuscous dash and a spot of the same color at the end of the cell. At the middle, dorsally, is a fuscous suffusion and a shade of similar color around the termen. The hindwings are white, pale buff distally.[2]

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