Garrha atripunctatella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Garrha |
| Species: | G. atripunctatella
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| Binomial name | |
| Garrha atripunctatella Turner, 1896
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Garrha atripunctatella 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[2] and New South Wales.
The wingspan is 19–22 mm. The forewings are pale pinkish-grey with jet-black markings. There is a discal dot before the middle, a second beyond the middle, a third on the fold obliquely beyond the first and a row of dots from the costa before the middle obliquely outwards, sharply bent in the disc at five-sixths, and continued to the hindmargin before the anal angle. There is also a very variable number of dots or scattered black scales in the disc and a row of black dots along the apical third of the costa and from the hindmargin to the anal angle. The hindwings are whitish, the apex and hindmargin sometimes pale-fuscous.[3]
The larvae feed on the dead leaves of Eucalyptus signata.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Garrha atripunctatella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ^ Garrha at funet
- ^ Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 20 : 7
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- ^ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
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