Anarsia tricornis

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

Anarsia tricornis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Sri Lanka and Thailand. [1]

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. There is a triangular black blotch occupying nearly the whole median third of the costa on the forewings, reaching three-fourths across the wing. There are several variable small spots of blackish irroration (sprinkles) around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled and semihyaline (partially glass like) towards the base and darker towards the apex. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 168. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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