Anachastis digitata
Sign in to saveAnachastis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae from the Seychelles. It contains only one species, Anachastis digitata.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyXyloryctidae
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Anachastis is a genus of moths of the family Xyloryctidae from the Seychelles. It contains only one species, Anachastis digitata.
The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are pale greyish-ochreous irregularly tinged with crimson-pink, with scattered brown and blackish scales. The second discal stigma is dark grey and there is a reddish-fuscous outwardly oblique streak from the dorsum before the middle, not reaching the fold, and a similar inwardly oblique streak from the tornus. The hindwings are light grey.
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