Anarsia melanoplecta
| Anarsia melanoplecta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Anarsia |
| Species: | A. melanoplecta |
| Binomial name | |
| Anarsia melanoplecta Meyrick, 1914 | |
Anarsia melanoplecta is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in India (Bengal).[2]
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are fuscous finely irrorated with whitish and with an obscure darker blotch in the disc about one-fifth and a thick black oblique streak from the middle of the costa, reaching half across the wing. There is a semi-oval black spot on the costa at four-fifths and a black pre-apical dot, preceded by whitish, the area above and below it tinged with ochreous. The hindwings are grey.
The larvae have been recorded boring into the shoots of Mangifera indica.[3]
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-03.
- ↑ Anarsia at funet
- ↑ J. Bombay nat. hist. Soc. 22 (4): 774
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