Ephysteris silignitis

Ephysteris silignitis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Ephysteris
Species:	E. silignitis
Binomial name
	Ephysteris silignitis; (Turner, 1919)
Synonyms
	Phtyorimaea silignitis Turner, 1919 ; Megacraspedus coniogramma Meyrick, 1921 ;

Ephysteris silignitis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1919. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.^[1]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, with more or less indicated lines of blackish-grey irroration between the veins. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical rather obliquely beyond the first discal and the second discal rather below the middle. The hindwings are pale grey.^[2]

References

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[2] Exotic Microlep. 2 (14): 424 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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