Anaptilora eremias

Anaptilora eremias is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

Anaptilora eremias
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A. eremias
Binomial name
Anaptilora eremias
Meyrick, 1904

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are pale brownish ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous. The stigmata is cloudy, dark fuscous, with the plical beneath the first discal. There is a row of cloudy dark fuscous spots along the posterior part of the costa and termen and sometimes some dark suffusion towards the tornus and apex. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anaptilora eremias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (May 21, 2014). "Anaptilora eremias Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (2): 391.


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