Acria xanthosaris is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]
| Acria xanthosaris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Acria |
| Species: | A. xanthosaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Acria xanthosaris Meyrick, 1908
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The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are pale reddish grey, irrorated with reddish-fuscous. There is a cloudy dark grey spot on the dorsum at one-fourth and cloudy dark grey marks on the costa at one-third, as well as before and after the sinuation. The stigmata is small and dark fuscous and there is an angulated dark grey line from beyond the costal sinuation to before the termen. The hindwings are fuscous, but darker posteriorly.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acria xanthosaris". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ Acria at funet
- ^ J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18 (3): 636
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