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Acraephnes inscripta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraephnes

Acraephnes inscripta is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.

The wingspan is 19 mm. The forewings are white with the markings fuscous. There is some suffusion at the bases of the costa and dorsum and a median dot on the fold. Twin dots are found above the middle at two-thirds and there is a small spot on the costa near the apex, connected by a zig-zag line with a dot above tornus. The terminal dots on the middle and beneath the costa. The hindwings are white.

References

Acraephnes inscripta Wikipedia