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Machimia miltosparsa

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Machimia miltosparsa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Machimia
Species:
M. miltosparsa
Binomial name
Machimia miltosparsa
(Turner, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Hoplitica miltosparsa Turner, 1914

Machimia miltosparsa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1914.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, irrorated with brick red and with pale fuscous markings. The costal edge is whitish and there is a minute dot in the disc at one-fourth, a second beyond it on the fold and a third in the middle. There is a slender dentate line from the midcosta outwards, curved to the dorsum before the tornus. There is a series of small dots on the apical fourth of the costa and on the termen. The hindwings 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). "​Machimia miltosparsa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ Machimia at funet
  3. ^ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 39 (3) : 560 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.