Anarsia veruta

Anarsia veruta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anarsia
Species: A. veruta
Binomial name
Anarsia veruta
Meyrick, 1918

Anarsia veruta is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in India (Bengal).[2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are fuscous, somewhat sprinkled with paler and darker and with a suffused blackish longitudinal streak in the disc from two-fifth to four-fifth, and one or two short suffused dashes above the apex of this between the veins. The hindwings are light grey, thinly scaled anteriorly.[3]

The larvae feed on Inga dulcis.

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