Epiphthora miarodes
Epiphthora miarodes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania and New South Wales.[1]
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The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). The forewings are whitish, thinly sprinkled with fuscous and with minute black dots beneath the costa at one-sixth and one-third, and beneath the fold at one-fifth and two-fifths. There is a row of scattered black scales in the disc above the middle from beyond the middle to three-fourths and the apex is suffused with rather dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (25 April 2014). "Epiphthora miarodes Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 263 – via Internet Archive.
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