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Anchinia porphyritica

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Species of moth

Anchinia porphyritica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Anchinia
Species: A. porphyritica
Binomial name
Anchinia porphyritica
Meyrick, 1914

Anchinia porphyritica is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Assam, India.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are white, with a faint rosy tinge, irregularly sprinkled or mixed with pale ochreous and fuscous and with the basal half irregularly clouded with light ochreous and pale purplish. There is a fuscous spot on the costa at one-third, preceded and followed by whitish, and some irregular dark fuscous markings in the disc beneath it representing the anterior stigmata. There is a triangular dark purplish-fuscoua patch on the costa beyond the middle, its apex reaching a raised blackish spot representing the second discal stigma, and extended as a brownish streak to a small blackish spot on the dorsum before the tornus. There is some brownish suffusion along the costa posteriorly, and a small dark purplish-fuscous spot at four-fifths, as well as a terminal series of large blackish dots. The hindwings are light greyish ochreous.

References

  1. Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Anchinia porphyritica Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (8): 237. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Anchinia porphyritica


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