Axyrostola
| Axyrostola | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Axyrostola Meyrick, 1923 |
| Species: | A. acherusia |
| Binomial name | |
| Axyrostola acherusia Meyrick, 1923 | |
Axyrostola is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It contains only one species, Axyrostola acherusia, which is found in Burma.[2]
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are white sprinkled with fuscous and with a broad irregular bronzy-fuscous median stripe from the base to the costa before the apex, containing a less broad irregular suffused black stripe nearly interrupted in the middle and posteriorly running along its upper edge and sending, at four-fifths from the lower edge, a blackish line nearly to the termen beneath the apex. This stripe appears to form a round spot at three-fourths, half black and half fuscous. There is also a dark fuscous marginal line around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey, but lighter towards the base.[3]