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Megacraspedus ischnota

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Megacraspedus

Megacraspedus ischnota 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 Western Australia.

The wingspan is 7-9 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, more or less wholly suffused with fuscous and sprinkled with dark fuscous and with an elongate dark fuscous dot on the fold at one-fourth. The plical and second discal stigmata are dark fuscous. The hindwings are whitish-grey.

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Megacraspedus ischnota Wikipedia