Anatrachyntis amphisaris

Anatrachyntis amphisaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Anatrachyntis
Species:	A. amphisaris
Binomial name
	Anatrachyntis amphisaris; (Meyrick, 1922)
Synonyms
	Pyroderces amphisaris Meyrick, 1922;

Anatrachyntis amphisaris is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922, and is known from Sri Lanka.^[1]

This species has a wingspan of 10mm. The forewings are light pinkish-ochreous irregularly irrorated with blackish-grey; a transverse whitish streak at 1/4 preceded with blackish irrorations, a triangular dorsal blotch in the wing, outlined with ochreous-whitish suffusion.^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pyroderces amphisaris". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
^ Meyrick, 1922. Exotic Lepidoptera. p.572

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pyroderces amphisaris". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2018.

[2] Meyrick, 1922. Exotic Lepidoptera. p.572

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