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Anaptilora parasira

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Anaptilora parasira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Anaptilora
Species:
A. parasira
Binomial name
Anaptilora parasira
Meyrick, 1916

Anaptilora parasira is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory.[2]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, with scattered dark fuscous specks and blackish stigmata, the plical is slightly before the first discal. There is a marginal row of blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The upper part of the termen on the hindwings are rather strongly oblique. They are grey whitish.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Anaptilora parasira​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (21 May 2014). "Anaptilora parasira Meyrick, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  3. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (19): 591. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.