Acria psamatholeuca
Acria psamatholeuca is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930.[1] It is found in Cameroon.[2]
| Acria psamatholeuca | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Acria |
| Species: | A. psamatholeuca |
| Binomial name | |
| Acria psamatholeuca Meyrick, 1930 | |
The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, faintly tinged or sprinkled pale reddish-ochreous in the disc and towards the termen and there are small spots of ferruginous suffusion on the costa beyond the first tuft and before the second. The stigmata are partly indicated by two or three blackish specks each, the plical rather obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are whitish.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acria psamatholeuca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- Afro Moths
- Exotic Microlep. 4 (1): 12 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
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