Anarsia anthracaula

Anarsia anthracaula is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929.[1] It is found on the New Hebrides.[2]

Anarsia anthracaula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Anarsia
Species:	A. anthracaula
Binomial name
Anarsia anthracaula Meyrick, 1929

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are pale grey, with the tips of the scales whitish, forming a fine transverse striolation and with a minute linear mark of black specks towards the costa near the base, one towards the costa at one-fourth, three forming a triangle in the dorsal area before the middle, a small group of black specks in the disc beyond the middle, and two others posteriorly. There is a small oblique indistinct dark grey spot on the costa before one-third, a larger one in the middle, a small mark beyond this, an oblique dark grey mark at two-thirds, and a small spot towards the apex. A small dark grey spot is found on the tornus. The hindwings are light greyish, the anterior half hyaline and the veins dark grey and the apex and termen suffused grey.[3]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anarsia anthracaula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
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3. Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 512