Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Anarsia | |
Anarsia citromitra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Mozambique.
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are light grey finely speckled or suffused with whitish, with some scattered black scales tending to form small irregular groups. There is a small blackish dot towards the costa near the base and a semi-oval black spot on the middle of the costa, preceded and followed by small black marks. There are three or four small black dots towards the costa posteriorly and at the apex. The hindwings are grey becoming hyaline anteriorly, with the veins and termen suffused with dark fuscous.
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