Anchinia furculata is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found in South Africa,[1] where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal.[2]
| Anchinia furculata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Anchinia |
| Species: | A. furculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Anchinia furculata Meyrick, 1925
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The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are whitish, irregularly sprinkled with purplish grey, with some black scales, the median third is faintly rosy tinged. There is a faint ferruginous tinge beneath the costa towards the base and there are seven cloudy spots of dark purplish-brown suffusion on the costa between one-fourth and the apex, these are darker and more defined posteriorly. A transverse black linear mark is found in the disc at two-fifths, sending posteriorly from its upper extremity a similar longitudinal mark. There is also an irregular partly transverse and partly longitudinal blackish spot in the discal two-thirds, with some brownish tinge above it. A subcostal series of several indistinct longitudinal marks of purple-brown and dark fuscous scales is found on the median third and there are two faint transverse shades of purplish-grey sprinkles posteriorly, somewhat bent above the middle. A marginal series of blackish marks is found around the apex and termen. The hindwings are pale grey, whitish tinged towards the base.[3]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Anchinia furculata Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Anchinia furculata Meyrick, 1924". Afromoths. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (4): 101.