Gnathifera aphronesa
| Gnathifera aphronesa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Gnathifera |
| Species: | G. aphronesa |
| Binomial name | |
| Gnathifera aphronesa (Meyrick, 1897) | |
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Gnathifera aphronesa is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania.[2]
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are light brown, reddish-tinged and sprinkled with whitish and dark fuscous. There is a broad undefined white subcostal streak from beneath the costa near the base to the costa at four-fifth and an oblique irregular blackish bar from the costa at one-fifth, reaching to the fold. There is also a black dot beneath the costa at two-fifths, one in the disc close beyond the bar, one on the fold before the middle followed by a ferruginous spot, one in the disc beyond the middle, one at three-fourth edged with white and one on the costa beyond four-fifth. There are also blackish dorsal scale-teeth before and beyond the middle, as well as a round blackish apical spot, preceded by a white costal spot. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
- ↑ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22: 297-435; p. 431