Anisoplaca cosmia

Anisoplaca cosmia is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by John David Bradley in 1956. It is found on Norfolk Island.[1]

Anisoplaca cosmia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anisoplaca
Species:
A. cosmia
Binomial name
Anisoplaca cosmia
Bradley, 1956

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are buff with diffused fuscous-black markings and with the anterior margin of the costa irrorated (speckled) with blackish. There is a blackish dash at four-fifths and a small black spot at the base, an ochreous-buff suffusion below the costa, four small black discal dot-like spots surrounded by whitish rings, as well as a fifth spot not surrounded by a whitish ring in the ochreous-buff suffusion below the costa. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Anisoplaca Meyrick, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  2. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 4 (4): 156


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