Anarsia triaenota
Anarsia triaenota is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913.[1] It is found in southern India and Myanmar.[2]
| Anarsia triaenota | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Anarsia |
| Species: | A. triaenota |
| Binomial name | |
| Anarsia triaenota Meyrick, 1913 | |
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are grey irregularly sprinkled with white and with black markings, partially edged with white suffusion. There are two oblique strigulae from the costa anteriorly, an oblique spot in the middle, and several small marks posteriorly. There are subcostal, median, submedian, and subdorsal longitudinal streaks, each broken irregularly into about three segments and there are also some black scales along the termen. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled anteriorly, with the veins and termen darker.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anarsia triaenota". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Anarsia triaenota Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 169.
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