Kertomesis anaphracta

Kertomesis anaphracta is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Bhutan[1] and India.

Kertomesis anaphracta
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K. anaphracta
Binomial name
Kertomesis anaphracta
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Paradoris anaphracta Meyrick, 1907

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish or pale whitish-ochreous, thinly sprinkled with fuscous. There is a small blackish spot on the base of the costa. The stigmata are blackish, the plical somewhat beyond the first discal, the second discal connected by a slightly incurved blackish streak with the dorsum before the tornus, followed by an undefined band of darker irroration from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus. There are undefined spots of blackish irroration around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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