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Anaptilora homoclera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Anaptilora

Anaptilora homoclera is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are pale greyish-ochroous, more or less irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous and with blackish dots near the base above the middle and almost on the dorsum. The stigmata is rather large and blackish, with the plical somewhat before the first discal. There is a marginal series of blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.

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Anaptilora homoclera Wikipedia