Anaptilora homoclera is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory,[2] Queensland and New South Wales.[3]
| Anaptilora homoclera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Anaptilora |
| Species: | A. homoclera
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| Binomial name | |
| Anaptilora homoclera Meyrick, 1916
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The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are pale greyish ochrous, more or less irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous and dark fuscous and with blackish dots near the base above the middle and almost on the dorsum. The stigmata is rather large and blackish, with the plical somewhat before the first discal. There is a marginal series of blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[4]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anaptilora homoclera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (21 May 2014). "Anaptilora homoclera Meyrick, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (12 January 2013). "Anaptilora homoclera Meyrick, 1916". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (19): 591.
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