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Axyrostola
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Axyrostola

Meyrick, 1923
Species:
A. acherusia
Binomial name
Axyrostola acherusia
Meyrick, 1923

Axyrostola is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It contains only one species, Axyrostola acherusia, which is found in Burma.[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are white sprinkled with fuscous and with a broad irregular bronzy-fuscous median stripe from the base to the costa before the apex, containing a less broad irregular suffused black stripe nearly interrupted in the middle and posteriorly running along its upper edge and sending, at four-fifths from the lower edge, a blackish line nearly to the termen beneath the apex. This stripe appears to form a round spot at three-fourths, half black and half fuscous. There is also a dark fuscous marginal line around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey, but lighter towards the base.[3]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Axyrostola acherusia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Axyrostola at funet
  3. ^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (1-2): 29