''Kertomesis anaphracta'' is a

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in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in

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and

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. The

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is 12–13 mm. The forewings are ochreous whitish or pale whitish ochreous, thinly sprinkled with fuscous. There is a small blackish spot on the base of the costa. The stigmata are blackish, the plical somewhat beyond the first discal, the second discal connected by a slightly incurved blackish streak with the dorsum before the tornus, followed by an undefined band of darker irroration (sprinkles) from three-fourths of the costa to the tornus. There are undefined spots of blackish irroration around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey.''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. 17 (3): 740.

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Moths described in 1907 Kertomesis Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Symmocinae-stub