Scythris ejiciens
Appearance
Scythris ejiciens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Scythrididae |
Genus: | Scythris |
Species: | S. ejiciens
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Binomial name | |
Scythris ejiciens Meyrick, 1928
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Scythris ejiciens is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It is found in Peru.[1]
The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish-fuscous with a whitish-ochreous streak along the fold from the base to beyond the middle of the wing and a roundish whitish-ochreous spot in the disc at three-fourths. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Scythris at funet
- ^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (13): 412 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.