Anarsia tricornis

Anarsia tricornis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Sri Lanka and Thailand.[1]

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

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. There is a triangular black blotch occupying nearly the whole median third of the costa on the forewings, reaching three-fourths across the wing. There are several variable small spots of blackish irroration around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled and semihyaline towards the base and darker towards the apex.[2]

References
  1. Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (1): 168


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