Garrha achroa
Garrha achroa is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1896.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and Western Australia.[2]
| Garrha achroa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Garrha |
| Species: | G. achroa |
| Binomial name | |
| Garrha achroa (Turner, 1896) | |
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The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, with fuscous markings and a row of minute dots from the costa about the middle towards the hindmargin, sharply bent in the disc at five-sixths, and continued parallel to the hindmargin to inner margin. There are a few scattered fuscous scales in the disc and there is a row of dots along the costa from four-fifths to the apex, and along the hindmargin to the anal angle. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Garrha achroa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- Machimia at funet
- Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 20 : 4
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