Machimia miltosparsa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1914.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Machimia |
| Species: | M. miltosparsa
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| Machimia miltosparsa (Turner, 1914)
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The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, irrorated with brick red and with pale fuscous markings. The costal edge is whitish and there is a minute dot in the disc at one-fourth, a second beyond it on the fold and a third in the middle. There is a slender dentate line from the midcosta outwards, curved to the dorsum before the tornus. There is a series of small dots on the apical fourth of the costa and on the termen. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Machimia miltosparsa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Machimia at funet
- ^ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 39 (3) : 560
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