Anomoxena

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Anomoxena
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Anomoxena

Meyrick, 1917
Species:
A. spinigera
Binomial name
Anomoxena spinigera
Meyrick, 1917
Synonyms
  • Anomoxena tetraxoaMeyrick, 1917

Anomoxena is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Anomoxena spinigera, which is found in Colombia. [1]

The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous irregularly irrorated (speckled) with blackish and an inwardly oblique slender fascia of blackish suffusion from the costa at three-fifths, not or scarcely reaching the dorsum. The costal area from this to the apex is fulvous, without dark irroration, with four oblique fine wedge-shaped pale ochreous streaks posteriorly edged with black. The hindwings are dark grey. [2]

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References

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  2. [Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (1) : 29]