Epiphthora leucomichla

Epiphthora leucomichla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Epiphthora
Species:	E. leucomichla
Binomial name
	Epiphthora leucomichla; Meyrick, 1904

Last updated November 13, 2022

Epiphthora leucomichla 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]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm (0.55–0.59 in). The forewings are shining white, with some scattered fuscous or dark fuscous scales and an outwardly oblique bar from the middle of the dorsum reaching halfway across the wing, a spot on the tornus, a spot on the costa at three-fourths, and an ochreous-fuscous terminal suffusion towards the apex, or indicated by dark fuscous irroration (sprinkling) only. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

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References

↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (25 April 2014). "Epiphthora leucomichla 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]): 265 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (25 April 2014). "Epiphthora leucomichla Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

[2] Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 265 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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