Anarsia anisodonta Diakonoff, 1954
 CHELARIINAE,   GELECHIIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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Stella Crossley

Anarsia anisodonta
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths have grey forewings, each with a triangular black mark on the costa.

Anarsia anisodonta
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The species is found in

  • New Guinea,

    as well as in Australia in:

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Alexey Diakonoff,
    Microlepidoptera of New Guinea, Results of the Third Archbold Expedition (American-Netherlands Indian Expedition 1938-1939) Part IV,
    Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen,
    Series 2, Volume 50, Part 1 (1954), p. 14.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 56.

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths,
    CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 87.

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    (updated 7 February 2010)