Acrophiletis
| Acrophiletis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Acrophiletis Meyrick, 1932 |
| Species: | A. cosmocrossa |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrophiletis cosmocrossa Meyrick, 1932 | |
Acrophiletis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Acrophiletis cosmocrossa, which is found in Bolivia.[1]
The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are rosy-brownish with a narrow suffused dark bronzy-brown median streak from the base to the termen beneath the apex, and a narrow streak between veins 9 and 10. There are streaks of blackish suffusion on veins 9-11 and a marginal streak of blackish suffusion around the apex and termen. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]
References
- ↑ funet.fi
- ↑ Exotic Microlep. 4 (11): 348 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine.
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