Biology:Megacraspedus chalcoscia

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Short description: Species of moth

Megacraspedus chalcoscia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Megacraspedus
Species:
M. chalcoscia
Binomial name
Megacraspedus chalcoscia
Meyrick, 1904

Megacraspedus chalcoscia is a species of moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia , where it has been recorded from South Australia and Western Australia.[1]

The wingspan is 12–13 mm (0.47–0.51 in). The forewings are shining bronze with a slender white costal streak from the base to two-thirds. The stigmata are indistinct, dark fuscous, with the plical very obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed (30 April 2016). "Megacraspedus chalcoscia Meyrick, 1904". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/anomologinae/megacraspedus/#chalcoscia. 
  2. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29 (part II [number 114]): 276. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsoflin29linn#page/276/mode/1up.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13825024 entry