Anaptilora homoclera

Anaptilora homoclera is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1916.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory,[2] Queensland and New South Wales.[3]

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

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are pale greyish-ochrous, more or less irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous and with blackish dots near the base above the middle and almost on the dorsum. The stigmata is rather large and blackish, with the plical somewhat before the first discal. There is a marginal series of blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[4]

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


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