''Anacampsis comparanda'' is a

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of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in

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, where it has been recorded from

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and

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. The

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is 13–14 mm. The forewings are grey, somewhat sprinkled whitish, with some blackish scales. The stigmata form small suffused rather darker grey spots, the plical rather before the first discal, a similar spot in the disc at one-fourth. There are whitish opposite dots on the costa and dorsum at two-thirds, four or five small blackish marginal dots around the apex. The hindwings are light grey.Exot. Microlep. 3 (16): 506
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References

Moths described in 1929 Anacampsis Moths of North America {{Anacampsis-stub