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| Genus: | Anachastis Meyrick, 1911 |
| Species: | A. digitata |
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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]
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References
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Anachastis digitata Meyrick, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ↑ Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 14 : 288
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- 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.
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