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Monotypic moth genus in family Xyloryctidae

Anachastis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Subfamily: Xyloryctinae
Genus: Anachastis
Meyrick, 1911
Species: A. digitata
Binomial name
Anachastis digitata
Meyrick, 1911

Anachastis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae from the Seychelles. It contains only one species, Anachastis digitata.

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are pale greyish-ochreous irregularly tinged with crimson-pink, with scattered brown and blackish scales. The second discal stigma is dark grey and there is a reddish-fuscous outwardly oblique streak from the dorsum before the middle, not reaching the fold, and a similar inwardly oblique streak from the tornus. The hindwings are light grey.

See also

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Anachastis digitata Meyrick, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  2. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 14 : 288 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Meyrick, E. 1911d. Tortricina and Tineina. Results of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2)14(3):263–307.
Taxon identifiers
Anachastis digitata


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