Anatrachyntis amphisaris

Anatrachyntis amphisaris is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was discovered by Meyrick in 1922, and is known from Sri Lanka.[1]

Anatrachyntis amphisaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Cosmopterigidae
Genus:
Anatrachyntis
Species:
A. amphisaris
Binomial name
Anatrachyntis amphisaris
(Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Pyroderces amphisaris Meyrick, 1922

This species has a wingspan of 10mm. The forewings are light pinkish-ochreous irregularly irrorated with blackish-grey; a transverse whitish streak at 1/4 preceded with blackish irrorations, a triangular dorsal blotch in the wing, outlined with ochreous-whitish suffusion.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pyroderces amphisaris". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  2. Meyrick, 1922. Exotic Lepidoptera. p.572


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