Anthistarcha binocularis

Anthistarcha binocularis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929.[1] It is found in Brazil (Bahia).[2]

Anthistarcha binocularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Anthistarcha
Species:
A. binocularis
Binomial name
Anthistarcha binocularis
Meyrick, 1929

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are grey with the tips of the scales white, forming a close minute irroration. Scattered black scales sometimes form longitudinal streaks, especially on the dorsal half anteriorly, and one from the end of the cell to beneath the apex. There is a light grey tuft irrorated with black representing the plical stigma and there is an 8-shaped light yellow-ochreous spot edged with raised black scales on the end of the cell. Two or three sometimes indistinct black oblique strigulae are found on the costa at about two-thirds, and an interrupted black costal line runs towards the apex. The hindwings are pale bluish-grey.

Larvae have been recorded feeding in twigs of Anacardium occidentale.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anthistarcha binocularis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Anthistarcha at funet
  3. Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 484


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