Machimia eothina
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Machimia |
Species: | M. eothina
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Binomial name | |
Machimia eothina Meyrick, 1920
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Machimia eothina is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is found in French Guiana.[2]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are whitish with scattered dark grey scales. The costa is narrowly suffused with pale rosy and the stigmata is cloudy and dark grey. There is a curved subterminal series of cloudy dark grey dots from beneath the costa at three-fourths to before the tornus. The terminal edge is rosy tinged. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Machimia eothina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 16, 2015). "Machimia eothina Meyrick, 1920". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (12): 376. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.