Biology:Macrenches clerica

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Short description: Species of moth

Macrenches clerica
Macrenches clerica.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Macrenches
Species:
M. clerica
Binomial name
Macrenches clerica
Synonyms
  • Gelechia clerica Rosenstock, 1885

Macrenches clerica is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is known from Australia , where it has been recorded from Tasmania and south-eastern mainland Australia.

The wingspan is 15–18 mm (0.59–0.71 in). The forewings are dark bronzy-fuscous with a broad ochreous-whitish costal streak from the base to near the apex, mixed with light fuscous towards the costa from the middle to near the extremity. There is a similar dorsal streak from near the base to the termen near the apex, more or less suffused with fuscous posteriorly, sometimes tinged with brassy-yellowish on the upper edge anteriorly. The hindwings are grey or pale grey, paler anteriorly.[1]

References

  1. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29 (part II [number 114]): 307. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsoflin29linn#page/307/mode/1up. Retrieved 17 June 2020.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q6725095 entry