Machimia miltosparsa
Machimia miltosparsa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Turner in 1914.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[2]
| Machimia miltosparsa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Machimia |
| Species: | M. miltosparsa |
| Binomial name | |
| Machimia miltosparsa (Turner, 1914) | |
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The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, irrorated with brick red and with pale fuscous markings. The costal edge is whitish and there is a minute dot in the disc at one-fourth, a second beyond it on the fold and a third in the middle. There is a slender dentate line from the midcosta outwards, curved to the dorsum before the tornus. There is a series of small dots on the apical fourth of the costa and on the termen. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
- Machimia at funet
- Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 39 (3) : 560
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