Anarsia molybdota

Anarsia molybdota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Anarsia
Species:	A. molybdota
Binomial name
	Anarsia molybdota; Meyrick, 1904

Anarsia molybdota is a species of moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Australia,^[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland, Victoria,^[2] New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.^[3]

The wingspan is 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in). The forewings are fuscous (dusky), irrorated (speckled) with white and with a few scattered dark fuscous scales. There are obscure indications of small darker spots along the margins, and in the disc at three-fourths, as well as a well-defined triangular dark fuscous blotch on the costa about the middle, reaching half across the wing. The hindwings are whitish-fuscous, thinly scaled and semitransparent, but fuscous towards the apex and termen.^[4]

References[]

^ environment.gov.au (October 9, 2008). "Anarsia genus". environment.gov.au. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
^ Anarsia at funet
^ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 417. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] vironment.gov.au (October 9, 2008). "Anarsia genus". environment.gov.au. Retrieved 2009-02-13.

[2] Anarsia at funet

[3] Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia

[4] Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 417. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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