Anarsia taurella

Anarsia taurella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Anarsia
Species:	A. taurella
Binomial name
	Anarsia taurella; Bradley, 1961

Anarsia taurella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by John David Bradley in 1961.^[1] It is found on Guadalcanal.^[2]

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are cinnamon buff mixed with light clay colour, and with a sprinkling of brown scales in the middle. The hindwings are mouse grey, overlaid with fuscous around the margins and hyaline near base.^[3]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anarsia taurella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
^ Anarsia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology). 10 (4): 134

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anarsia taurella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.

[2] Anarsia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[3] Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology). 10 (4): 134

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