Acria obtusella

Acria obtusella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka and on Borneo.[2]

Acria obtusella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Acria
Species:
A. obtusella
Binomial name
Acria obtusella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Tisdra obtusella Walker, 1864
  • Amphoritis nycterodes Meyrick, 1905

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, slightly tinged with ferruginous. The stigmata is small and blackish fuscous and there is an indistinct blackish-fuscous angulated subterminal line. The hindwings are dark coppery fuscous.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, George; et al. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Acria obtusella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 602


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