Megacraspedus chalcoscia

Megacraspedus chalcoscia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Megacraspedus
Species: M. chalcoscia
Binomial name
Megacraspedus chalcoscia
Meyrick, 1904

Megacraspedus chalcoscia is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia and Western Australia.[1]

The wingspan is 12-13 mm. The forewings are shining bronze with a slender white costal streak from the base to two-thirds. The stigmata are indistinct, dark fuscous, with the plical very obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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