''Anarsia pensilis'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. It is found in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. The wingspan is 14–17 mm. The forewings are whitish irrorated (sprinkled) with light grey and with a few scattered black scales and two slight blackish marks on the costa anteriorly, and one beyond the middle. There is a black triangular spot on the middle of the costa, whence a black streak runs to the dorsum before the middle and is slenderly extended along the dorsum towards the base. There is also a small irregular grey spot with some black scales in the disc at three-fourths, as well as indications of grey spots with some black scales around the posterior part of the apex and termen. The hindwings are rather dark grey, almost

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 ...

(glass like) in the disc towards the base.''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. 22 (1): 168.

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pensilis Moths described in 1913 Moths of Sri Lanka {{Anacampsinae-stub