''Amselina parapsesta'' 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 ...

of the family Autostichidae. It is found in

Asia Minor Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...

.New Symmocid and Holcopogonid Species from the Eastern Mediterranean
/ref> The

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is 14–17 mm. It is very similar to ''

Amselina emir ''Amselina emir'' is a moth of the family Autostichidae which can be found in Greece and Asia Minor Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the we ...

'', but the greyish irroration (speckling) is denser and the indistinct spot is larger.

References

Moths described in 1986 Amselina Insects of Turkey {{Symmocinae-stub