Kertomesis_anaphracta

<i>Kertomesis anaphracta</i>

Kertomesis anaphracta

Species of moth

Kertomesis anaphracta is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Bhutan[1] and India.

Quick Facts Kertomesis anaphracta, Scientific classification ...

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are ochreous whitish or pale whitish ochreous, thinly sprinkled with fuscous. There is a small blackish spot on the base of the costa. The stigmata are blackish, the plical somewhat beyond the first discal, the second discal connected by a slightly incurved blackish streak with the dorsum before the tornus, followed by an undefined band of darker irroration (sprinkles) from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus. There are undefined spots of blackish irroration around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Savela, Markku, ed. (November 27, 2013). "Kertomesis anaphracta (Meyrick, 1907)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  2. [2]
    Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (3): 740. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

This article on a moth of the subfamily Symmocinae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Kertomesis_anaphracta, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.