Achoria

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Achoria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Subfamily: Lecithocerinae
Genus: Achoria
Meyrick, 1904
Species:
A. inopina
Binomial name
Achoria inopina
Meyrick, 1904

Achoria is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Achoria inopina, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales. [1]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm (0.43–0.47 in). The forewings are whitish-ochreous suffusedly irrorated throughout with dark bronzy-fuscous. The hindwings are pale fuscous, with the basal and discal areas wholly tawny-ochreous. [2]

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References

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  2. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 405. Retrieved 17 June 2020 via Internet Archive.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .