Gnathifera aphronesa
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Epermeniidae |
Genus: | Gnathifera |
Species: | G. aphronesa
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Binomial name | |
Gnathifera aphronesa (Meyrick, 1897)
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Gnathifera aphronesa is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania.[2]
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are light brown, reddish tinged and sprinkled with whitish and dark fuscous. There is a broad undefined white subcostal streak from beneath the costa near the base to the costa at four-fifths and an oblique irregular blackish bar from the costa at one-fifth, reaching to the fold. There is also a black dot beneath the costa at two-fifths, one in the disc close beyond the bar, one on the fold before the middle followed by a ferruginous spot, one in the disc beyond the middle, one at three-fourths edged with white and one on the costa beyond four-fifths. There are also blackish dorsal scale-teeth before and beyond the middle, as well as a round blackish apical spot, preceded by a white costal spot. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gnathifera aphronesa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ Australian Faunal Directory
- ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22: 431. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.