''Anarsia molybdota'' is a species of
moth of the family
Gelechiidae. It is found in
Australia
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, where it has been recorded from
Queensland,
Victoria,
New South Wales, the
Australian Capital Territory,
South Australia and
Western Australia.
The
wingspan is . The forewings are fuscous (dusky), irrorated (speckled) with white and with a few scattered dark fuscous scales. There are obscure indications of small darker spots along the margins, and in the disc at three-fourths, as well as a well-defined triangular dark fuscous blotch on the costa about the middle, reaching half across the wing. The hindwings are whitish-fuscous, thinly scaled and semitransparent, but fuscous towards the apex and termen.
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References
molybdota
Moths of Australia
Moths of Queensland
Moths described in 1904
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