Anarsia tricornis explained

Anarsia tricornis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in Sri Lanka and Thailand.[1]

The wingspan is 11mm14mm. There is a triangular black blotch occupying nearly the whole median third of the costa on the forewings, reaching three-fourths across the wing. There are several variable small spots of blackish irroration (sprinkles) around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled and semihyaline (partially glass like) towards the base and darker towards the apex.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Ponomarenko . M. G. . October–November 1997 . Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia . Far Eastern Entomologist . 50 . 1–67 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020072018/http://www.biosoil.ru/fee/1997/N-050/N-050.pdf . October 20, 2013.
  2. https://archive.org/stream/journalofbombayn221913bomb#page/168/mode/1up Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22 (1): 168.