Acanthophila Magnimaculata
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''Acanthophila magnimaculata'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in
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, where it is known only from the southern part of Primorsky Krai. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...
is 11–12 mm. The forewings are dark grey with a light grey costal stroke at three-fourths of the wing length and four indistinct blackish spots. The hindwings are dark grey. & , 2003: Review of the genus ''Acanthophila'' Heinemann, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). ''Far Eastern Entomologist'' 127: 1-24


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magnimaculata Moths described in 2003 Moths of Asia {{Dichomeridinae-stub