Machimia miltosparsa

Machimia miltosparsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Machimia
Species:	M. miltosparsa
Binomial name
	Machimia miltosparsa; (Turner, 1914)
Synonyms
	Hoplitica miltosparsa Turner, 1914;

Machimia miltosparsa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Turner in 1914.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.^[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, irrorated with brick red and with pale fuscous markings. The costal edge is whitish and there is a minute dot in the disc at one-fourth, a second beyond it on the fold and a third in the middle. There is a slender dentate line from the midcosta outwards, curved to the dorsum before the tornus. There is a series of small dots on the apical fourth of the costa and on the termen. The hindwings are grey-whitish.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2015-04-21.^{[failed verification]}
^ Machimia at funet
^ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 39 (3) : 560

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2015-04-21.^{[failed verification]}

[2] Machimia at funet

[3] Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 39 (3) : 560

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