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Anatrachyntis amphisaris

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Anatrachyntis amphisaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Anatrachyntis
Species:
A. amphisaris
Binomial name
Anatrachyntis amphisaris
(Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Pyroderces amphisaris Meyrick, 1922

Anatrachyntis amphisaris is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922, and is known from Sri Lanka.[1]

This species has a wingspan of 10mm. The forewings are light pinkish-ochreous irregularly irrorated with blackish-grey; a transverse whitish streak at 1/4 preceded with blackish irrorations, a triangular dorsal blotch in the wing, outlined with ochreous-whitish suffusion.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Pyroderces amphisaris​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Meyrick, 1922. Exotic Lepidoptera. p.572