Anaptilora parasira

Anaptilora parasira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anaptilora
Species: A. parasira
Binomial name
Anaptilora parasira
Meyrick, 1916

Anaptilora parasira is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory.[2]

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, with scattered dark fuscous specks and blackish stigmata, the plical slightly before the first discal. There is a marginal row of blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The upper part of the termen on the hindwings are rather strongly oblique. They are grey-whitish.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anaptilora parasira". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Anaptilora at funet
  3. Exot. Microlep. 1 (19): 591


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