Anisoplaca fraxinea

Anisoplaca fraxinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Anisoplaca
Species: A. fraxinea
Binomial name
Anisoplaca fraxinea
Philpott, 1928

Anisoplaca fraxinea is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Philpott in 1928. It is found in New Zealand.[1]

The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, densely irrorated with brownish-ochreous and strigulated with fuscous. There is a black spot on the costa at the base and the costal edge is dotted with blackish-fuscous. The first discal has the form of a blackish dot ringed with whitish, while the other stigmata are obscure or even absent. The termen is margined with blackish-fuscous. The hindwings are fuscous-grey.[2]

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