Anarsia epiula
Anarsia epiula is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales[1] and Queensland.
| Anarsia epiula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Anarsia |
| Species: | A. epiula |
| Binomial name | |
| Anarsia epiula Meyrick, 1904 | |
The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are fuscous, sprinkled with, and towards the costa broadly suffused with white, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales. There are some indistinct oblique dark marks on the costa and with an elongate semi-oval blackish-fuscous spot along the costa in the middle. There is an elongate blackish-fuscous spot in the middle of the disc and a dark fuscous dot in the disc at three-fourths. The hindwings are whitish fuscous, but paler and semitransparent anteriorly.[2]
References
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (2 (114)): 418 – via Internet Archive.
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