Megacraspedus sagittifera

Megacraspedus sagittifera is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Lower in 1900. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

Megacraspedus sagittifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Megacraspedus
Species:
M. sagittifera
Binomial name
Megacraspedus sagittifera
(Lower, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Paltodora sagittifera Lower, 1900

The wingspan is about 11 mm (0.43 in). The forewings are whitish-ochreous, mixed with whitish and sprinkled with dark fuscous or blackish. The costal edge is slenderly white. The plical stigma is distinct, blackish and sometimes with the first discal obliquely beyond it. There is an elongate blackish dot below the usual position of the second discal stigma. The hindwings are pale grey or grey-whitish.[2]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 281. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.


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