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Anarsia melanoplecta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Anarsia

Anarsia melanoplecta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in India (Bengal).

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are fuscous finely irrorated with whitish and with an obscure darker blotch in the disc about one-fifth and a thick black oblique streak from the middle of the costa, reaching half across the wing. There is a semi-oval black spot on the costa at four-fifths and a black pre-apical dot, preceded by whitish, the area above and below it tinged with ochreous. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae have been recorded boring into the shoots of Mangifera indica.

References

Anarsia melanoplecta Wikipedia