Anisoplaca fraxinea
Anisoplaca fraxinea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Anisoplaca |
Species: | A. fraxinea
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Binomial name | |
Anisoplaca fraxinea Philpott, 1928
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Anisoplaca fraxinea is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1928. It is found in New Zealand.[1]
The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, densely irrorated with brownish-ochreous and strigulated with fuscous. There is a black spot on the costa at the base and the costal edge is dotted with blackish-fuscous. The first discal has the form of a blackish dot ringed with whitish, while the other stigmata are obscure or even absent. The termen is margined with blackish-fuscous. The hindwings are fuscous-grey.[2]
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Categories:
- Anisoplaca
- Moths described in 1928
- Moths of New Zealand
- Endemic fauna of New Zealand
- Apatetrinae stubs