Epimimastis porphyroloma

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Epimimastis porphyroloma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Epimimastis
Species:
E. porphyroloma
Binomial name
Epimimastis porphyroloma
(Lower, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia porphyrolomaLower, 1897

Epimimastis porphyroloma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. [1]

The wingspan is 11–16 mm (0.43–0.63 in). The forewings are deep orange yellow with a rather dark purplish-fuscous apical blotch, the anterior edge convex, running from three-fourths of the costa to before the tornus, marked with blackish fuscous on the lower three-fifths, suffused into the ground colour towards the costa. The hindwings are fuscous, darker posteriorly. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (10 May 2014). "Epimimastis porphyroloma (Lower, 1897)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 325. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163 via Internet Archive.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .