Acria xanthosaris

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Acria xanthosaris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Acria
Species:
A. xanthosaris
Binomial name
Acria xanthosaris
Meyrick, 1908

Acria xanthosaris is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. [1] It is found in India (Assam). [2]

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are pale reddish grey, irrorated with reddish-fuscous. There is a cloudy dark grey spot on the dorsum at one-fourth and cloudy dark grey marks on the costa at one-third, as well as before and after the sinuation. The stigmata is small and dark fuscous and there is an angulated dark grey line from beyond the costal sinuation to before the termen. The hindwings are fuscous, but darker posteriorly. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acria xanthosaris". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
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  3. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18 (3): 636