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Aniuta ochroleuca

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Species of moth

Aniuta ochroleuca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Aniuta
Species: A. ochroleuca
Binomial name
Aniuta ochroleuca
J. F. G. Clarke, 1978

Aniuta ochroleuca is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. It is found in Chile.

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are ocherous white to white with the base of the costa fuscous. At the apical third of the costa is a fuscous spot and in the middle of the cell is an oblique fuscous dash and a spot of the same color at the end of the cell. At the middle, dorsally, is a fuscous suffusion and a shade of similar color around the termen. The hindwings are white, pale buff distally.

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Aniuta ochroleuca Clarke, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  2. J. F. Gates Clarke (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2017. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Aniuta ochroleuca
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