Megacraspedus oxyphanes
Megacraspedus oxyphanes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.[1]
| Megacraspedus oxyphanes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | M. oxyphanes |
| Binomial name | |
| Megacraspedus oxyphanes Meyrick, 1904 | |
The wingspan is about 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are fuscous with a rather broad shining white costal streak from the base to five-sixths, narrowed to the extremities, edged below with slight dark fuscous suffusion and with an undefined rather broad streak of white suffusion along the dorsum and lower half of the termen. The plical stigma is indistinct, darker fuscous. The hindwings are light grey.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku (ed.). "Megacraspedus". FUNET. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 276. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.