Anarsia melanoplecta

Anarsia melanoplecta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in India (Bengal).[2]

Anarsia melanoplecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Anarsia
Species:
A. melanoplecta
Binomial name
Anarsia melanoplecta
Meyrick, 1914
Synonyms
  • Hypatima melanoplecta Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are fuscous finely irrorated with whitish and with an obscure darker blotch in the disc about one-fifth and a thick black oblique streak from the middle of the costa, reaching half across the wing. There is a semi-oval black spot on the costa at four-fifths and a black pre-apical dot, preceded by whitish, the area above and below it tinged with ochreous. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae have been recorded boring into the shoots of Mangifera indica.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypatima melanoplecta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Anarsia at funet
  3. J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (4): 774


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