Anaptilora parasira 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]
| Anaptilora parasira | |
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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. parasira
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| Binomial name | |
| Anaptilora parasira Meyrick, 1916
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The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, with scattered dark fuscous specks and blackish stigmata, the plical is slightly before the first discal. There is a marginal row of blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The upper part of the termen on the hindwings are rather strongly oblique. They are grey whitish.[3]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Anaptilora parasira". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (21 May 2014). "Anaptilora parasira Meyrick, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (19): 591.
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