Anarsia Balioneura
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''Anarsia balioneura'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Cabo Verde, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are grey irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish, with scattered black scales and with a narrow semi-oval suffused dark fuscous spot on the middle of the costa, and small spots before and beyond it, connected with it by a dark grey suffusion which extends vaguely across the wing and contains some black scales tending to form short longitudinal rows and some irroration along the dorsum. There are two or three short blackish marks at the apex and on the upper part of the termen. The hindwings are grey, thinly scaled and sub
hyaline A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance. The word is derived from el, ὑάλινος, translit=hyálinos, lit=transparent, and el, ὕαλος, translit=hýalos, lit=crystal, glass, label=none. Histopathology Hyaline cartilage is ...
(almost glass like) in the disc and towards the base, with the veins suffused with dark grey. There are so I'llme long downwards-directed greyish hairs from beneath the costa towards the base.''Annals of the Transvaal Museum''. 8 (2): 79.


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balioneura Gelechiidae Moths described in 1921 Lepidoptera of Cape Verde Lepidoptera of Kenya Lepidoptera of Malawi Lepidoptera of Uganda Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa {{Anacampsinae-stub