Biology:Anarsia vectaria

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Short description: Species of moth

Anarsia vectaria
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anarsia
Species:
A. vectaria
Binomial name
Anarsia vectaria
Meyrick, 1918

Anarsia vectaria is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa .[1]

The wingspan is 8–13 mm. The forewings are pale grey finely irrorated (sprinkled) with white and with small black dots on the costa at the base and one-fifth, and one towards the costa near the base. There is a triangular blackish blotch extending on the costa from one-third to three-fifths and nearly reaching the fold, its apex subtruncate. A small black dot is found below the fold near before the apex of this. There are some indistinct blackish-grey dots around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are subhyaline-prismatic, posteriorly suffused with dark grey, with the veins dark grey.[2]

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Anarsia vectaria Meyrick, 1918". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/ANARVECT. Retrieved August 15, 2020. 
  2. Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 6 (2). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13370115 entry