Aniuta ochroleuca
| Aniuta ochroleuca | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Aniuta |
| Species: | A. ochroleuca |
| Binomial name | |
| Aniuta ochroleuca J. F. G. Clarke, 1978 | |
Aniuta ochroleuca is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile.[1]
The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are ocherous white to white with the base of the costa fuscous. At the apical third of the costa is a fuscous spot and in the middle of the cell is an oblique fuscous dash and a spot of the same color at the end of the cell. At the middle, dorsally, is a fuscous suffusion and a shade of similar color around the termen. The hindwings are white, pale buff distally.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Aniuta ochroleuca Clarke, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ↑ J. F. Gates Clarke (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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