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Megacraspedus calamogonus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Megacraspedus

Megacraspedus calamogonus is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1886. It is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is 10-16 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, with the veins sometimes slightly infuscated. There is a dark fuscous dot in the disc slightly before the middle, a second very obliquely before it on the fold, and a third in the disc at two-thirds. There is also a short fuscous apical streak. The hindwings are whitish.

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Megacraspedus calamogonus Wikipedia