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Limenarchis pullata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Limenarchis

Limenarchis pullata is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Bradley inn 1961. It is found on Guadalcanal.

The wingspan is 16-17 mm. The forewings are dark purplish-fuscous, with the radial veins slightly emphasized by darker shading. The hindwings are dark fuscous, with a lanceolate patch of specialized cream-buff scales along the costa reaching to about three-fourths.

References

Limenarchis pullata Wikipedia