Anaptilora eremias
Appearance
Anaptilora eremias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Autostichidae |
Genus: | Anaptilora |
Species: | A. eremias
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Binomial name | |
Anaptilora eremias Meyrick, 1904
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Anaptilora eremias is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]
The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are pale brownish ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous. The stigmata is cloudy, dark fuscous, with the plical beneath the first discal. There is a row of cloudy dark fuscous spots along the posterior part of the costa and termen and sometimes some dark suffusion towards the tornus and apex. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anaptilora eremias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (May 21, 2014). "Anaptilora eremias Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (2): 391. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.