Anarsia veruta
| Anarsia veruta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Anarsia |
| Species: | A. veruta
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| Binomial name | |
| Anarsia veruta Meyrick, 1918
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Anarsia veruta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in India (Bengal).[2]
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are fuscous, somewhat sprinkled with paler and darker and with a suffused blackish longitudinal streak in the disc from two-fifths to four-fifths, and one or two short suffused dashes above the apex of this between the veins. The hindwings are light grey, thinly scaled anteriorly.[3]
The larvae feed on Inga dulcis.
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anarsia veruta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Anarsia veruta Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (5): 148.
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