Garrha amata

Garrha amata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Garrha
Species:	G. amata
Binomial name
	Garrha amata; (Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
	Machimia amata Meyrick, 1914;

Garrha amata is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.[2]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are light rosy ochreous, along the costa more rosy tinged. The stigmata is minute and crimson, the plical spot is placed obliquely beyond the first discal spot. The hindwings are ochreous whitish, towards the apex suffused with pale rosy.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Garrha amata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
Savela, Markku, ed. (28 August 2014). "Garrha amata (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (6): 175.

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Garrha amata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku, ed. (28 August 2014). "Garrha amata (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

[3] Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (6): 175.