Anarsia mitescens

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Anarsia mitescens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anarsia
Species:
A. mitescens
Binomial name
Anarsia mitescens
Meyrick, 1913

Anarsia mitescens is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa. [1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light grey irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish, with a few scattered black scales and an elongate dark grey spot in the middle of the costa, preceded by two small cloudy blackish spots and followed by two others. There is a black dot beneath the costa near the base, one on the fold at two-thirds, one rather large in the disc before the middle, one on the lower edge of the median costal spot, one beneath the costa at two-thirds, one in the disc at two-thirds, one above the dorsum before the tornus, and several small groups of black scales towards the apex. The hindwings are rather dark grey. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Anarsia mitescens Meyrick, 1913". Afromoths. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E. (January 1913). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: IV Pterophoridae" (PDF). Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 3 (4): 299 – via Sabinet.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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