Anatrachyntis terminella

Anatrachyntis terminella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864 and is known from Australia (including New South Wales) and Fiji.

Anatrachyntis terminella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Anatrachyntis
Species:
A. terminella
Binomial name
Anatrachyntis terminella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria terminella Walker, 1864
  • Pyroderces terminella

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are patterned and hindwings have trailing hairy fringes.

The larvae have been recorded in deserted nests of wasps of the genus Polistes, galls on flower buds of Acacia binervata, egg sacs of the spider Trichonephila edulis as well as dead insects and dead leaves.[1]

References

  1. "Australian Insects". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-01-28.


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