Epiphractis thysanarcha
| Epiphractis thysanarcha | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Epiphractis |
| Species: | E. thysanarcha |
| Binomial name | |
| Epiphractis thysanarcha Meyrick, 1918 | |
Epiphractis thysanarcha is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. This species was described from South Africa.[1]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The head, palpi and thorax are dull brownish-crimson. The forewings are elongate, the costa moderately arched, dull light crimson, slightly ochreous tinged with a few scattered blackish scales posteriorly and an inwardly oblique dark grey streak from the middle of the dorsum, reaching half across the wing, edged posteriorly with light ochreous-yellowish. The second discal stigma is small and dark grey and there is a short rather inwards-oblique streak of dark grey suffusion from the dorsum beneath it. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) [09.Dec.2015]
- ^ Meyrick E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6(2):7–59. (on page 53)
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