Machimia miltosparsa

Machimia miltosparsa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Turner in 1914.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]

Machimia miltosparsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Machimia
Species:
M. miltosparsa
Binomial name
Machimia miltosparsa
(Turner, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Hoplitica miltosparsa Turner, 1914

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, irrorated with brick red and with pale fuscous markings. The costal edge is whitish and there is a minute dot in the disc at one-fourth, a second beyond it on the fold and a third in the middle. There is a slender dentate line from the midcosta outwards, curved to the dorsum before the tornus. There is a series of small dots on the apical fourth of the costa and on the termen. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  2. Machimia at funet
  3. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 39 (3) : 560


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