Anarsia reciproca

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Anarsia reciproca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anarsia
Species:
A. reciproca
Binomial name
Anarsia reciproca
Meyrick, 1920

Anarsia reciproca is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. [1] It is found in southern India. [2]

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The forewings are grey closely and suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish, especially towards the costa. There are some scattered blackish scales and a black line along the anterior portion of the fold, and a row of black scales posteriorly, a longitudinal line in the median portion of the disc and a shorter one between this and the termen, all these accompanied with more or less dark grey suffusion. The hindwings are grey, becoming hyaline (glass like) anteriorly except on the veins. [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). "Anarsia reciproca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Anarsia reciproca Meyrick, 1920". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (10): 300. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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