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Megacraspedus sagittifera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Megacraspedus

Megacraspedus sagittifera is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Lower in 1900. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, mixed with whitish and sprinkled with dark fuscous or blackish. The costal edge is slenderly white. The plical stigma is distinct, blackish and sometimes with the first discal obliquely beyond it. There is an elongate blackish dot below the usual position of the second discal stigma. The hindwings are pale grey or grey-whitish.

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Megacraspedus sagittifera Wikipedia