Anarsia spicata
Anarsia spicata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Anarsia |
Species: | A. spicata |
Binomial name | |
Anarsia spicata Meyrick, 1918 | |
Anarsia spicata is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa.[1]
The wingspan is 13-14 mm. The forewings are grey irrorated with whitish, with some scattered dark grey and blackish scales. There is a thick black submedian streak from the base to the middle, attenuated to a point, a median streak attenuated at both ends from before the middle of the disc to four-fifths, and an oblique dash from above the apex of this to the costa before the apex. The hindwings are grey, paler and thinly scaled anteriorly.[2]
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