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Anarsia spicata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Anarsia

Anarsia spicata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa.

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are grey irrorated with whitish, with some scattered dark grey and blackish scales. There is a thick black submedian streak from the base to the middle, attenuated to a point, a median streak attenuated at both ends from before the middle of the disc to four-fifths, and an oblique dash from above the apex of this to the costa before the apex. The hindwings are grey, paler and thinly scaled anteriorly.

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Anarsia spicata Wikipedia