Anarsia taurella

Anarsia taurella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by John David Bradley in 1961.[1] It is found on Guadalcanal.[2]

Anarsia taurella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anarsia
Species:
A. taurella
Binomial name
Anarsia taurella
Bradley, 1961

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are cinnamon buff mixed with light clay colour, and with a sprinkling of brown scales in the middle. The hindwings are mouse grey, overlaid with fuscous around the margins and hyaline near base.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anarsia taurella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. Anarsia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology). 10 (4): 134


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