Anaptilora eremias

Anaptilora eremias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anaptilora
Species: A. eremias
Binomial name
Anaptilora eremias
Meyrick, 1904

Anaptilora eremias is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are pale brownish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous. The stigmata is cloudy, dark fuscous, with the plical beneath the first discal. There is a row of cloudy dark fuscous spots along the posterior part of the costa and termen and sometimes some dark suffusion towards the tornus and apex. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anaptilora eremias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Anaptilora at funet
  3. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 29 (2) : 391


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