Anchinia furculata

Anchinia furculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Anchinia
Species: A. furculata
Binomial name
Anchinia furculata
Meyrick, 1925

Anchinia furculata is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1925. It is found in South Africa,[1] where it has been recorded from KwaZulu-Natal.[2]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are whitish, irregularly sprinkled purplish-grey, with some black scales, the median third faintly rosy-tinged. There is a faint ferruginous tinge beneath the costa towards the base and there are seven cloudy spots of dark purplish-brown suffusion on the costa between one-fourth and the apex, these are darker and more defined posteriorly. A transverse black linear mark is found in the disc at two-fifths, sending posteriorly from its upper extremity a similar longitudinal mark. There is also an irregular partly transverse and partly longitudinal blackish spot in the discal two-thirds, with some brownish tinge above it. A subcostal series of several indistinct longitudinal marks of purple-brown and dark fuscous scales is found on the median third and there are two faint transverse shades of purplish-grey irroration posteriorly, somewhat bent above the middle. A marginal series of blackish marks is found around the apex and termen. The hindwings are pale grey, whitish-tinged towards the base.[3]

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