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Megacraspedus aphileta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Megacraspedus

Megacraspedus aphileta is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia and Western Australia.

The wingspan is 10-13 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, somewhat mixed with whitish, with scattered black scales. The stigmata are dark fuscous or blackish, sometimes rather large, the plical very obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are light grey.

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Megacraspedus aphileta Wikipedia