Anarsia triglypta

Anarsia triglypta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1933.[1] It is found in north-eastern India.[2]

Anarsia triglypta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anarsia
Species:
A. triglypta
Binomial name
Anarsia triglypta
Meyrick, 1933

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are grey, with the extreme tips of the scales whitish, forming a minute speckling, some slight brownish tinge in the disc. There is a small blackish-grey elongate spot on the middle of the costa, a smaller and more indistinct spot preceding it and two following it. There is a linear black dot in the middle of the base and a narrow black streak on the fold from near the base to one-third. A thicker black longitudinal streak is pointed at both ends, occupying the median fifth of the disc, a similar streak between this and the apex, and a small apical mark. There is also an oblique darker grey shade from the costa before the apex. The hindwings are light violet grey, with the basal third of the costa on the lower surface irrorated (sprinkled) with black, with beneath this a short black dash towards the base.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Senegalia catechu.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anarsia triglypta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Anarsia triglypta Meyrick, 1933". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (12): 354. Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine


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