Anarsia melanoplecta explained

Anarsia melanoplecta is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Bengal.[1]

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are fuscous finely irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish and with an obscure darker blotch in the disc about one-fifth and a thick black oblique streak from the middle of the costa, reaching half across the wing. There is a semi-oval black spot on the costa at four-fifths and a black pre-apical dot, preceded by whitish, the area above and below it tinged with ochreous. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae have been recorded boring into the shoots of Mangifera indica.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . February 10, 2019 . Anarsia melanoplecta Meyrick, 1914 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 15, 2020.
  2. https://archive.org/stream/journalofbombayn221913bomb#page/774/mode/1up Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (4): 774.