Anisoplaca acrodactyla

Anisoplaca acrodactyla is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in New Zealand.[1]

Anisoplaca acrodactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anisoplaca
Species:
A. acrodactyla
Binomial name
Anisoplaca acrodactyla
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia acrodactyla Meyrick, 1907

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, irregularly irrorated (speckled) with brown. The plical and first discal stigmata are rather large, blackish, the plical rather before the first discal. Brown irroration forms a suffused costal patch beyond the middle, and a narrow terminal fascia. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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