Anarsia acaciae

Anarsia acaciae is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found on the Canary Islands,[1] Algeria, Israel[2] and south-western Arabia.

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

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are hoary greyish with numerous short longitudinal streaks of greyish fuscous intermixed with lighter and darker shades of the ground colour. The hindwings are shining, somewhat iridescent, bluish grey.

The larvae feed within the seedpods of Acacia edgworthii and Acacia farnesiana.[3]

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