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Gnathifera opsias

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Gnathifera opsias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Gnathifera
Species:
G. opsias
Binomial name
Gnathifera opsias
(Meyrick, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Epermenia opsias Meyrick, 1897

Gnathifera opsias 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 10–14 mm. The forewings are fuscous, suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with white and with scattered black scales and sometimes with a small black spot beneath the fold at one-fifth. There are black dots beneath the costa at one-fifth and two-fifths, one in the disc between these, one on the fold before the middle, one in the middle of the disc often forming a short oblique transverse mark, one in the disc beyond the middle, and one at three-fourths. There are also minute black dorsal scale-teeth before and beyond the middle. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Gnathifera opsias​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. ^ Australian Faunal Directory
  3. ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22: 430. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.