Anarsia mitescens

Anarsia mitescens is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa.[1]

Anarsia mitescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Anarsia
Species:
A. mitescens
Binomial name
Anarsia mitescens
Meyrick, 1913

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are light grey irrorated with whitish, with a few scattered black scales and an elongate dark grey spot in the middle of the costa, preceded by two small cloudy blackish spots and followed by two others. There is a black dot beneath the costa near the base, one on the fold at two-thirds, one rather large in the disc before the middle, one on the lower edge of the median costal spot, one beneath the costa at two-thirds, one in the disc at two-thirds, one above the dorsum before the tornus, and several small groups of black scales towards the apex. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

References
  1. Afro Moths
  2. Meyrick, E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4): 300 Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine


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