Achoria

Achoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lecithoceridae
Subfamily: Lecithocerinae
Genus: Achoria
Meyrick, 1904
Species:
A. inopina
Binomial name
Achoria inopina
Meyrick, 1904

Achoria is a monotypic genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Achoria inopina, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.

The wingspan is 11–12 mm (0.43–0.47 in). The forewings are whitish-ochreous suffusedly irrorated throughout with dark bronzy-fuscous. The hindwings are pale fuscous, with the basal and discal areas wholly tawny-ochreous.

References

  1. ↑ funet.fi
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 405. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.