Megacraspedus oxyphanes

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Megacraspedus oxyphanes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Megacraspedus
Species:
M. oxyphanes
Binomial name
Megacraspedus oxyphanes
Meyrick, 1904

Megacraspedus oxyphanes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia. [1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are fuscous with a rather broad shining white costal streak from the base to five-sixths, narrowed to the extremities, edged below with slight dark fuscous suffusion and with an undefined rather broad streak of white suffusion along the dorsum and lower half of the termen. The plical stigma is indistinct, darker fuscous. The hindwings are light grey. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (30 April 2016). "Megacraspedus oxyphanes Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 6 September 2020 via FUNET.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 276 via Internet Archive.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .