Megacraspedus ischnota
| Megacraspedus ischnota | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Megacraspedus |
| Species: | M. ischnota
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| Binomial name | |
| Megacraspedus ischnota Meyrick, 1904
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Megacraspedus ischnota is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.[1]
The wingspan is 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in). The forewings are pale ochreous, more or less wholly suffused with fuscous and sprinkled with dark fuscous and with an elongate dark fuscous dot on the fold at one-fourth. The plical and second discal stigmata are dark fuscous. The hindwings are whitish grey.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (30 April 2016). "Megacraspedus ischnota Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 6 September 2020 – via FUNET.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 282 – via Internet Archive.
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