Achoria

Achoria is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Achoria inopina, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

Achoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Suborder:
Glossata
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(unranked):
Ditrysia
Superfamily:
Gelechioidea
Family:
Lecithoceridae
Genus:
Achoria

Meyrick, 1904
Species:
A. inopina
Binomial name
Achoria inopina
Meyrick, 1904

The wingspan is 11–12 mm (0.43–0.47 in). The forewings are whitish-ochreous suffusedly irrorated throughout with dark bronzy-fuscous. The hindwings are pale fuscous, with the basal and discal areas wholly tawny-ochreous.[2]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 405. Retrieved 17 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.


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