Anarsia altercata

Anarsia altercata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in India (Bengal).[2]

Anarsia altercata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anarsia
Species:
A. altercata
Binomial name
Anarsia altercata
Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are whitish irrorated fuscous, more strongly posteriorly and with a dark fuscous dot on the base of the costa. There are oblique dark grey marks from the costa before and beyond one-fourth with two or three black scales beneath them, a small elongate spot before the middle, and a dot at two-thirds. There is a small black dot beneath the costa near the base, an oblong dark grey spot above the dorsum near the base, and a mark above it. A semi-oval suffused dark grey patch extends along the dorsum from one-third to four-fifths and reaching half across the wing, edged above in the middle by an elongate black mark. There is an elongate dark grey spot in the disc at three-fourths, terminated anteriorly by a small blackish dot. The apical area is mostly suffused dark grey. The hindwings are thinly scaled, light grey, with the veins and termen suffused darker grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anarsia altercata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Anarsia at funet
  3. Exotic Microlep. 2 (5): 148


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