Kertomesis anaphracta

Kertomesis anaphracta is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Bhutan[1] and India.

Kertomesis anaphracta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Kertomesis
Species:
K. anaphracta
Binomial name
Kertomesis anaphracta
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Paradoris anaphracta Meyrick, 1907

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are ochreous whitish or pale whitish ochreous, thinly sprinkled with fuscous. There is a small blackish spot on the base of the costa. The stigmata are blackish, the plical somewhat beyond the first discal, the second discal connected by a slightly incurved blackish streak with the dorsum before the tornus, followed by an undefined band of darker irroration (sprinkles) from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus. There are undefined spots of blackish irroration around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (November 27, 2013). "Kertomesis anaphracta (Meyrick, 1907)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (3): 740. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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