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Macrenches clerica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Scientific name
  
Macrenches clerica

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Macrenches

Rank
  
Species

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Macrenches clerica is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is known from Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania and south-eastern mainland Australia.

The wingspan is 15-18 mm. The forewings are dark bronzy-fuscous with a broad ochreous-whitish costal streak from the base to near the apex, mixed with light fuscous towards the costa from the middle to near the extremity. There is a similar dorsal streak from near the base to the termen near the apex, more or less suffused with fuscous posteriorly, sometimes tinged with brassy-yellowish on the upper edge anteriorly. The hindwings are grey or pale grey, paler anteriorly.

References

Macrenches clerica Wikipedia