Acria malacolectra

Acria malacolectra is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930.[1] It is found in New Guinea.[2]

Acria malacolectra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Acria
Species:
A. malacolectra
Binomial name
Acria malacolectra
Meyrick, 1930

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are white with the markings formed of grey and dark fuscous irroration, partially accompanied with a faint ochreous tinge. There is a dot towards the base in the middle and there are oblique marks from the costa before and beyond the first projection, and a spot before the second. A small spot is found on the dorsum at one-fourth and an oblique fascia of suffusion from above this to the disc at three-fifths, as well as a fascia of darker suffusion from the disc beyond this to the dorsum before the tornus and an obtusely elongated line from beneath the middle of the costa to the tornus, its lower half followed by a fascia of light grey suffusion nearly reaching the termen. There are also four cloudy dots on the apical part of the costa. 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). "Acria malacolectra". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. Acria at funet
  3. Exotic Microlep. 4 (1): 13 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine


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