Anachastis
| Anachastis | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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.[1] 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.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Anachastis digitata Meyrick, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 14 : 288
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.