Garrha atoecha

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Garrha atoecha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Garrha
Species:
G. atoecha
Binomial name
Garrha atoecha
(Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Heliocausta atoechaMeyrick, 1886
  • Hoplitica eoxanthaTurner, 1896
  • Hoplitica habropteraLower, 1900
  • Machimia loxomitaTurner, 1946

Garrha atoecha is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. [1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland. [2]

The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The forewings are whitish, thickly irrorated (sprinkled) with red scales. The costal edge is red, the extreme edge whitish. The markings are purplish fuscous and indistinct. There is a discal dot at two-fifths, and a second at four-fifths, as well as three indistinctly suffused transverse lines, all partially obsolete, first at one-fifth, second just posterior to the first and the third through the second dot, distinct on the costa. A fourth line runs parallel to the hindmargin and is indistinct towards the costa. There is a row of suffused dots along the hindmargin. The hindwings are yellow. [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). "Garrha atoecha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (28 August 2014). "Garrha atoecha (Meyrick, 1886)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (12): 375. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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