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]

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

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

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  1. ^ environment.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.