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Anaptilora eremias

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Anaptilora eremias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Anaptilora
Species:
A. eremias
Binomial name
Anaptilora eremias
Meyrick, 1904

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (May 21, 2014). "Anaptilora eremias Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (2): 391. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.