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Garrha mitescens

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Garrha mitescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Garrha
Species:
G. mitescens
Binomial name
Garrha mitescens
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Machimia mitescens Meyrick, 1914

Garrha mitescens is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and the Northern Territory.[2]

The wingspan is 16–21 mm. The forewings are ochreous suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with grey, along the costa rosy tinged. The stigmata is obscure, darker grey, the plical spot slightly beyond the first discal, both of these sometimes almost obsolete. Sometimes, there is an irregular transverse series of several obscure spots of grey suffusion at about one-third and halfway. There is an angulated series of obscure dark fuscous dots from two-thirds of the costa to the tornus and sometimes obscure dark fuscous dots along the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light greyish yellow ochreous, sometimes greyer towards the apex and termen.[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). "​Garrha mitescens​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (28 August 2014). "Garrha mitescens (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (6): 174. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.