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Anchinia porphyritica

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Anchinia porphyritica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Anchinia
Species:
A. porphyritica
Binomial name
Anchinia porphyritica
Meyrick, 1914

Anchinia porphyritica is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Assam, India.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are white, with a faint rosy tinge, irregularly sprinkled or mixed with pale ochreous and fuscous and with the basal half irregularly clouded with light ochreous and pale purplish. There is a fuscous spot on the costa at one-third, preceded and followed by whitish, and some irregular dark fuscous markings in the disc beneath it representing the anterior stigmata. There is a triangular dark purplish-fuscoua patch on the costa beyond the middle, its apex reaching a raised blackish spot representing the second discal stigma, and extended as a brownish streak to a small blackish spot on the dorsum before the tornus. There is some brownish suffusion along the costa posteriorly, and a small dark purplish-fuscous spot at four-fifths, as well as a terminal series of large blackish dots. The hindwings are light greyish ochreous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Anchinia porphyritica Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (8): 237. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.