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Acria malacolectra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acria

Acria malacolectra is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1930. It is found in New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are white with the markings formed of grey and dark fuscous irroration, partially accompanied with a faint ochreous tinge. There is a dot towards the base in the middle and there are oblique marks from the costa before and beyond the fiĀrst projection, and a spot before the second. A small spot is found on the dorsum at one-fourth and an oblique fascia of suffusion from above this to the disc at three-fifths, as well as a fascia of darker suffusion from the disc beyond this to the dorsum before the tornus and an obtusely elongated line from beneath the middle of the costa to the tornus, its lower half followed by a fascia of light grey suffusion nearly reaching the termen. There are also four cloudy dots on the apical part of the costa. The hindwings are grey.

References

Acria malacolectra Wikipedia