Anarsia vectaria
Anarsia vectaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Anarsia |
Species: | A. vectaria
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Binomial name | |
Anarsia vectaria Meyrick, 1918
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Anarsia vectaria is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa.[1]
The wingspan is 8–13 mm. The forewings are pale grey finely irrorated (sprinkled) with white and with small black dots on the costa at the base and one-fifth, and one towards the costa near the base. There is a triangular blackish blotch extending on the costa from one-third to three-fifths and nearly reaching the fold, its apex subtruncate. A small black dot is found below the fold near before the apex of this. There are some indistinct blackish-grey dots around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are subhyaline-prismatic, posteriorly suffused with dark grey, with the veins dark grey.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Anarsia vectaria Meyrick, 1918". Afromoths. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.